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.
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “We’re all potential victims.”—Peter Christ, retired police officer It’s the middle of the night. Your neighborhood is in darkness. Your household is asleep. Suddenly, you’re awakened by a loud noise. Someone or an army of someones has crashed through your front door. The
Commander Mike Eckburg, right, Roosevelt-Aurora American Legion Post 84, presents checks for $1,000 each to Sheriffs Dwight Baird, left, Kendall County, and Ron Hain, Kane County, at a recent Post 84 meeting.
The Kane County Chiefs of Police Association, in partnership with the Batavia Moose Lodge #682, announce the winners of the Louis Spuhler Award for outstanding police work in 2021. The co-winners are Aurora Police detective Christopher Cox, and Elgin Police K-9 senior patrolman Justin Brown. The following is a summary
Police cars from Aurora and many other communities line up outside of Our Savior Lutheran Church on Downer Place in Aurora and near Healy Chapel Thursday, Jan. 27 for the funeral procession of the late Ken Thurman, 51, an Aurora Police sergeant who died of COVID-19 Wednesday, Jan. 19.
It is with a very heavy heart that the Aurora Illinois Police Department (APD) announced the death of Sergeant Ken Thurman. Sergeant Thurman passed away Wednesday, Jan. 19 at the age of 51. He died from complications related to his contracting COVID-19 while serving the Aurora community. He was sworn
Police cars lead the funeral procession in honor of the late Aurora Police Officer Brian Shields, Tuesday, Jan. 18, from his funeral at Harvest New Beginnings Church in Oswego to his final resting place in a cemetery nearby.
With holiday festivities rapidly approaching, the Oswego Police Department announced that it will participate in a statewide impaired driving awareness campaign from December 17 through January 3, 2022. “Driving impaired, whether under the influence of alcohol or drugs, can have catastrophic consequences and is illegal in every state,” said Public
