The Cook County Sheriff's Office has been a part of Illinois' enhanced CTA security plan and state-led task force dedicated ...

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, whose police officers have been deployed on the CTA for several months, said Wednesday that a dedicated police force should be responsible for law enforcement on public ...

Cook County Sheriff's Police are patrolling CTA trains under a state-directed pilot that combines enforcement, outreach, and data collection to improve rider safety and shape the future of transit ...

On Tuesday afternoon, five Cook County sheriff's police officers and a social service worker set off to patrol the West Side branch of the CTA's Green Line. The goal: To send a message that even the ...

Sheriff Tom Dart is personally leading a transit task force, required by the newly enacted sweeping transit law, that will decide early next year whether to recommend creating a unified police force ...

We’ve all been there. Stuck in traffic on an expressway, patiently waiting to inch forward when a car zooms by on the shoulder, its driver showing little concern for common courtesy, safety, or the ...

Lavette Mayes had already spent 425 days locked up in the Cook County jail when she found herself in front of a judge in 2016. The Chicago Community Bond Fund had just helped her buy her freedom, and ...

A Cook County Sheriff's substation was supposed to open in the South Loop near the Roosevelt CTA Red Line stop on June 1, but now we're learning it could open as soon as Monday. The substation is ...

Cook County sheriff's deputies say a seemingly routine tip this week led them to a truck yard in unincorporated Elk Grove ...