by Mike Pierga | Oct 16, 2015 | Press Release
A Cook County Sheriff’s Police unit dedicated to finding missing state wards has recovered more than 500 at-risk children, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Sheriff Dart launched the Cook County Sheriff’s Child Protection Response Unit in October 2012 to help...
by Mike Pierga | Sep 25, 2015 | Press Release
A 28-year-old man who was wanted in connection with a 2014 aggravated domestic battery incident where another man was put in a dog cage and had hot wax thrown on him, has returned to Cook County to face charges, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. William...
by Mike Pierga | Aug 28, 2015 | Press Release
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office will be honoring women and men from our Armed Forces this weekend by hosting the 7th Annual Law Enforcement Ride for Veterans on Saturday, August 29th. Approximately 150 bike riders will participate in the 82 mile journey that begins...
by Mike Pierga | Aug 26, 2015 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Chicago today urged Governor Bruce Rauner and state lawmakers to fund critical advanced mental health training for Illinois law enforcement. As of July 1, the state ceased funding...
by Mike Pierga | Jul 1, 2015 | Press Release
Visa and MasterCard have agreed to stop processing payments for sex trafficking industry profiteer Backpage.com following a demand from Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart. On Monday, Sheriff Dart wrote to Visa CEO Charles Scharf and MasterCard CEO Ajaypal Banga to...
