by Shereen Mohammad | Apr 6, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced legislation today requiring auto manufacturers to create a 24/7 recovery hotline to help law enforcement quickly track stolen vehicles. The inability for law enforcement to access tracking information in...
by Shereen Mohammad | Mar 18, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Members of the Cook County Sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit and the US Marshals Great Lakes Regional Task Force arrested a 26-year-old man wanted for stabbing three people in a Las Vegas hotel parking lot, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today....
by Shereen Mohammad | Dec 9, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today new efforts his office is taking to stop the rise in carjackings in the County by focusing on improving access to tracking information. Carjackings have increased approximately 43 percent in the...
by Mike Pierga | Aug 11, 2020 | Press Release
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office deployed approximately 120 additional officers to the South and West sides due to the looting and other criminal activity in Chicago on August 9-10th. “While we fully support the right to peacefully protest, this was violent. We will...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 14, 2020 | Press Release
As part of ongoing efforts to address the COVID-19 virus, all visits to individuals in custody at the Cook County Department of Corrections (DOC) will be suspended until further notice, effective Sunday, March 15, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. While there...