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Kane County Chiefs of Police Association, in partnership with the Batavia Moose Lodge #682, announce co-winners of the Louis Spuhler Award for outstanding police work in 2021

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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...

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Aurora Police Department’s Sergeant Ken Thurman

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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...

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Police misconduct can include sex trafficking

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By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead We are a Nation on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Undeniably, the blowback from COVID-19 lockdowns and mandates continues to reverberate around the country, impacting the Nation’s struggling workplaces, choking the economy and justifying all manner of authoritarian tyrannies being inflicted on...

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Officially: Jason Arres Naperville police chief

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The City of Naperville government announced this week that Jason Arres, who serves as a deputy chief of the Naperville Police Department, has been named Naperville’s new police chief. The announcement is made following a three-month process involving a national search led by the public management consulting firm GovHR and...

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Police qualified immunity quickly can diminish rights

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By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead You think you’ve got rights? Think again. All of those freedoms we cherish, the ones enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, the ones that affirm our right to free speech and assembly, due process, privacy, bodily integrity, the right to not have police seize...

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Police fear, distrust of law enforcement, sustained

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When news broke that two Chicago police officers were involved in a shooting in the Englewood community, it jolted the City. The shooting that took the life of Ella French, a 29-year-old Chicago Police Department (CPD) veteran officer, and the severe wounding of her partner by brothers, Emonte and Eric...

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Montgomery Police Department will hold Halloween Safety Event

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The Montgomery Police Department will be host to its annual Halloween Safety Event for the seventh year from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10. The event will be at the police department’s campus at 10 Civic Center Avenue in Montgomery. The event will take place entirely outdoors to...

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Operation Kilo Kai by Aurora Police Department Leads to the Arrests And Charges of 18 Persons for Illegal Weapon and Drug Offenses

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The Aurora Police Department has arrested and charged 18 people with numerous illegal gun and drug related felonies as a part of Operation Kilo Kai. In the fall of 2019, the Aurora Police Department received information about narcotics dealing and illegal firearms purchases by the Latin Kings street gang in

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Senate Bill 2122 bans police lies on evidence

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Juveniles being interrogated by Illinois law enforcement no longer will have to deal with any deceptive practices, such as lying about evidence, thanks to a new law backed by State representative Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora. “While I support our law enforcement community and don’t want to restrict them unnecessarily, the people...

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Aurora City Council standing ovation for retiring chief

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By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, City Council members gave a standing ovation to retiring Police Chief Kristen Ziman. She started her law enforcement career in 1991 as a cadet and in 1994 was sworn in as an officer and in 2003 as sergeant....

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Aurora Police Chief Ziman announces retirement: Aug. 6

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Here is a recent post on Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman’s Facebook page: By Kristen Ziman On July 29, I will have completed my 30th year working at the Aurora Police Department. I started as a police cadet in 1991, so I have grown up (both literally and figuratively) in...

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‘Let’s Talk About Policing’ topic June 21

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Santori Aurora Public Library, 101 S. River Street will be host to “Let’s Talk About Policing,” a community dialogue, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, June 21. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. The program is the second of four dialogues in a “Let’s Talk About...

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Naperville Chief of Police Robert Marshall sets retirement date

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Chief of Police Robert Marshall has announced his retirement from the Naperville Police Department effective July 2. This announcement marks the culmination of the Chief’s 44-year career with the city government of Naperville, seven of which were spent in the City Manager’s office. Marshall has served as Naperville’s police chief...

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Drivers: Understand rights in interactions with police

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By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead If you’re nervous about traffic stops, you have every reason to be nervous. Trying to predict the outcome of any encounter with the police is a bit like playing Russian roulette: Most of the time you will emerge relatively unscathed, although decidedly poorer...

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William “Bill” Glisson at Citizens Police Academy Alumni of Aurora

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Forest Preserve District of Kane County police Sgt. William "Bill" Glisson reviews the Department Tuesday, May 11, at the monthly membership meeting of Citizens Police Academy Alumni of Aurora at APD headquarters.

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Reader’s Voice: On following rules and bad behavior

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May 1, 2021Dear editor; Here we go again with the Monday Morning Quarter Backs (M.M.QBs). This 13- year old so-called “angel boy” was registered as a runaway by his mother. Then he returned home. Why is the media refraining from talking about what he was doing at 2:30 in the...

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Black women’s maltreatment nothing new, just insensitive

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It’s been more than a year since armed white, plain-clothed, Louisville police officers ripped Breonna Taylor’s apartment door from its hinges and began firing. The botched no-knock warrant is reminiscent of the 1969 predawn police raid that killed Chicago Black Panther chairman, Fred Hampton, and defense minister, Mark Clark. Odds...

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A plea to help victim of a senseless act recover as assailants are still at large

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Family and friends of Kim (Aigner) Weibring seek help for her long road of recovery and rehabilitation after her life changed in an instant January 16. The mother of two little boys was eating dinner in her vehicle in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant on the far...

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