Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s push to expand the network of automatic license plate readers under his control prompted hours of debate from commissioners Wednesday.

We’ve all been there. Stuck in traffic on an expressway, patiently waiting to inch forward when a car zooms by on the ...

County commissioners advanced a deal to expand a network of automatic license plate readers under the sheriff’s control, ...

The Cook County Sheriff's Office is investigating a series of overnight break-ins at a strip mall in the north suburbs.

One in 12 accused criminals in Cook County's electronic monitoring program are currently AWOL, according to a new report from ...

A man is facing felony charges after investigators recovered a fully-loaded automatic gun during a traffic stop in Chicago ...

A Chicago man is facing charges after he was found with a loaded stolen gun and an assortment of drugs earlier this week on a ...

At least 246 defendants released on electronic monitoring in Cook County are currently unaccounted for despite warrants being ...

Brown University’s Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve argues that false confessions stem from something more pernicious than shoddy ...

ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- An off-duty Cook County Sheriff's Police sergeant has died after a weekend car crash in Elgin, authorities said. The sergeant suffered a medical emergency while driving in the ...