By Al Benson The FBI came to Montgomery Tuesday, Jan. 17. A Chicago-based special agent gave an inside look at the agency at Aurora Navy League Council 247’s evening meeting at Riverview Diner in Montgomery. In after-dinner remarks, John J. Mroszczak presented “The Activities and Challenges of the FBI Chicago...
The Oswego Police Department is announcing sign-up for its next Citizen’s Police Academy that will begin Wednesday Feb. 22. Classes will be held Wednesday nights from 6:30 p.m. until approximately 8:30 p.m. and will run for 13 weeks in the Community Room at the Oswego Police Headquarters. Class size will...
Naperville Police Chief Jason Arres invites the community to chat with him and other members of the Naperville Police Department Tuesday, Jan. 24. This informal meet-and-greet is part of the Naperville Police Department’s Chat with the Chief series and will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Sweetwaters...
Aurora police chief Keith Cross cites both 2022 highlights and 2023 plans Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the Aurora Police Department. Cross was the keynote speaker at the January membership meeting of Citizen Police Academy Alumni of Aurora
Police Department's Lt. Bill Rowley, from left, Commander Steve Stemmet and Chief Keith Cross pose with 10,000 fentanyl resistant gloves donated by U.S. Medical Glove Co. in Montgomery.
Santa presents a boy with a toy gift at the Aurora Police Department recent gift presentation through the Citizens Police Academy Aurora event.
Aurora Police Chief Keith Cross, right, and Lieutenant William Rowley, left, present a check to Jen Tedrow and Ann Zediker of the Lustgarten Foundation.
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, and several City Council members at the Aurora City Council meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 13, defended the Aurora Police officers who were recently accused at recent meetings for gross misconduct, racial profiling, and sexual assault. The comments and video can be seen after...
By John & Nisha Whitehead The purpose of a good government is to protect the lives and liberties of its people. Unfortunately, we have gone so far in the opposite direction from the ideals of a good government that it’s hard to see how this trainwreck can be redeemed. It...
Just before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23, Aurora’s 911 Telecommunications Center received reports of a nine-year-old drowning. Aurora police officers and Aurora firefighters were dispatched to the scene. When officers arrived, they found a nine-year-old boy who had fallen through ice and an adult woman who had gone in to...
The Aurora Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU) recently received a significant grant award that will help forward the Unit’s mission to provide mental health and crisis resources to community members. The 2022 Community Policing Crisis Intervention Unit grant, which totals $294,657.51, was awarded to the CIU by the United...
Plano Police Department Sgt. Robert Hernandez is among recruiters at an Aurora University career fair November 9.
By John & Nisha Whitehead Things are falling apart. How much longer we can sustain the fiction that we live in a constitutional republic, I cannot say, but anarchy is being loosed upon the Nation. We are witnessing the unraveling of the American dream one injustice at a time. Day...
October 22, 2022Dear editor; What a crock of baloney! I am surprised you published this anti- police hatchet job (John and Nisha Whitehead’s column in the October 20, 2022 edition of The Voice). Police have enough problems keeping the public trust and support. This is totally false crap! I know...
School Resource Officer Skyy Calice-McDowell was inspired to join the profession of her father, who is a police officer. During her teenage years, she witnessed distrust for the police among her peers due to their personal or familial experiences, which often left her wondering what role she could play in...
October 20, 2022Dear editor: In their column October 18 in The Voice, “Drivers Must Know Their Rights When Stopped By Police.” John and Nisha Whitehead called this country, “the America police state.” Although they began by saying that they were not “disrespecting…lawful police officers,” they proceeded to characterize our entire...
Lisle Police Sgt. Jim Dexter, a SWAT team specialist, is a speaker at an active shooter response training program at Lisle High School Monday, Oct. 17.
Neighbors throughout Aurora are coming together to celebrate National Night Out Tuesday, Aug. 2. Aurora’s National Night Out events will be held in 25 neighborhood sites throughout the 10 wards. National Night Out culminates annually on the first Tuesday in August to enhance the relationship among neighbors, public safety officials,...
In conjunction with fire departments that service Montgomery residents, the Village of Montgomery Police Department will visit seven locations throughout the community Tuesday, Aug. 2, between 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.. Residents are welcome to join the officers to view police cars and fire trucks, participate in activities! The Montgomery...
Aurora police officers J. Martinez, left, and T. Coleman, are speakers at an April 20 information meeting sponsored by West Aurora Concerned Citizens, a Fifth Ward neighborhood group.
