Brandis Friedman

New Law Puts Cook County Sheriff’s Police on the ‘L.’ Here’s How It Works Most folks riding the CTA won’t witness a scene like this — a handful of officers from the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department going car to car while riding the “L.” “We found that if we keep moving, we can actually hit all the cars,” Sgt. Frank Washington said. “... Officers that you’ll see are going back and forth, doing the same thing. Now, they do that because at each stop people get off, and other people get on.

How Community Intervention Groups Are Working to Stem Gun Violence in Chicago Summer in Chicago statistically means a spike in gun violence. While overall crime has been on a downward trend, the city is nevertheless on pace to pass last year’s shooting and homicide numbers, according to Chicago Police Department data — with June seeing 36 homicides and 132 shootings so far, both up from 2025.

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