Will ShotSpotter keep listening after Chicago's contract expires?
Microphones along the Dan Ryan Expressway remained active months after an agreement with state police lapsed. Will the same happen in Chicago?
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Microphones along the Dan Ryan Expressway remained active months after an agreement with state police lapsed. Will the same happen in Chicago?
Illinois lawmakers in 2004 voted to create an arsonist registry akin to the long-established database of sex offenders. Two decades later, a legislative fix could finally make it a reality.
The way those investigations are now done in Chicago raises questions about whether it complies with a 2016 law. The idea of having the state police do them was originally recommended to then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2020.
A new law allowed gun owners to keep assault weapons if they disclosed them. Illinois county registration rates ranged from 0.5% to 1.8%.
Planning for potential crises like active shooters is a constant process, Quad-Cities school leaders said, including drawing on lessons from tragedies in other places. That now includes Perry, Iowa.