by Shereen Mohammad | Mar 29, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is now providing immediate on-scene mental health co-response overnight and on weekends to residents of the Village of Northbrook under an agreement between the Sheriff’s Office and the Northbrook Police Department,...
by Shereen Mohammad | Nov 23, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Blue Island Police Officers are now providing residents of the South Suburban city with on-scene mental health interventions via a Cook County Sheriff’s Office program that enables police to virtually connect individuals in crisis with a mental...
by Allison Peters | Aug 25, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Oak Lawn Police Department is the first law enforcement agency to partner with a Cook County Sheriff’s Office program that enables officers to virtually connect individuals in crisis to a mental health professional, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart...
by Mike Pierga | Dec 12, 2020 | Press Release
The quick and compassionate work of Cook County Sheriff’s Police reversed a deadly overdose in Chicago on Friday morning, announced Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart today. At approximately 9:40 a.m., Sheriff’s Police officers were on patrol in Chicago’s 15th...
by Mike Pierga | Nov 9, 2020 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – With the COVID-19 pandemic presenting new challenges, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart has introduced a virtual substance abuse program through the use of electronic tablets. Having these tablets available for virtual support and follow-up services...
