by Shereen Mohammad | Oct 14, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Collins proposed legislation today to ban ‘ghost guns,’ which are homemade, untraceable weapons that are increasingly being found by police fighting Chicago area violence....
by Shereen Mohammad | Oct 8, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Officers with the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit arrested 24 men and towed 19 vehicles as part of an undercover operation targeting individuals seeking to buy sex, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Thursday,...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 14, 2020 | Press Release
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office has suspended all court-ordered evictions for the next 30 days, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Prior to the order, Sheriff’s Department staff screened all individuals for symptoms of COVID-19 at residences where evictions were...
by Mike Pierga | Feb 28, 2020 | Press Release
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office would like to warn the public of a phone scam in which the caller identifies himself as “Sgt. Dennis Peterson” or “Lt. Jonathan Moore” and claims to be an employee the Sheriff’s Office. The calls have originated from multiple different...
by Sophia Ansari | Apr 25, 2019 | Press Release, Uncategorized
This Saturday, April 27, Cook County residents can help protect the environment and fight the opioid crisis by participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and safely disposing of their expired, unused and...
