Geo-Policing Pilot to Start in January 2013
Updated: 10:59 PM A plan to split the Forest City into three policing districts is close to reality after more than a year of planning.
Updated: 10:59 PM A plan to split the Forest City into three policing districts is close to reality after more than a year of planning.
Updated: 11:01 PM Rockford Police volunteers hit the streets to make a database of vacant and abandoned homes in the most crime ridden areas of the city.
Updated: 11:25 PM Racine's recidivism rate is only 15.5%, compared to a national rate of 25%.
Updated: 11:15 PM A new video tells people what they should do when a shooter opens fire in a public place.
Posted: 10:46 PM Diane Balcom's home was destroyed by the mobile park owner on Aug. 2, before her three daughters, ages 8, 13, and 16 had a chance to remove their personal belongings.
Updated: 11:16 PM A backlog in Illinois state crime labs means in 2012 it has taken State Police nearly four months, on average, to process DNA cases.
Updated: 1:17 PM The 29th Annual National Night Out, a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch, has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 7th, 2012. We cordially invite you and your community to be a part of our NIGHT OUT 2012 team.
Updated: 11:26 PM This summer domestic violence has become an epidemic in Winnebago County. In June Rockford Police say there were 419 reported incidents of abuse - in other words, someone got hurt by a loved one every two hours.
Updated: 11:29 PM Finding out how bad crime is in your neighborhood just got a lot easier.
Posted: 5:06 PM On July 23, 2012 members of the Rockford Police Department M3 Street Team conducted a prostitution operation within the City of Rockford.
Updated: 12:12 AM Operation Clean Sweep started in October, 2012. Hundreds of law enforcement officers and their agencies joined forced to serve warrants, check on parolees, and find drug dealers.
Updated: 9:32 AM Veteran Rockford Police Officer Steve Tomasino has filed a lawsuit against the city of Rockford and Police Chief Chet Epperson for what he calls an abuse of authority and retaliation.
Updated: 7:22 AM A music video made in Rockford and posted on YouTube has been viewed more than 4,500 times in the last week. It's a re-make of the famous NWA song "F*** tha Police," except local rappers re-wrote the lyrics about incidents that have happened in Rockford over the last few years, including police-involved shootings.
Posted: 10:39 PM A local man has been arrested more than 60 times over the course of his life..and he's just 60 years old.
Posted: 8:49 PM Caught on Tape: Do you recognize these suspects?
Updated: 5:47 PM 23 News Operation Safer Streets teams up with Rockford Police to bring you Cops on the Block on Wednesday afternoons throughout the summer.
Updated: 9:33 AM Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joe Bruscato announced today that the Winnebago County Integrity Task Force completed a thorough investigation of the officer involved shooting which occurred on January 28, 2012.
Posted: 8:00 PM 23 NEWS has been bringing you Operation Safer Streets stories for near a year now, but today was the first time Operation Safer Streets actually teamed up with Rockford Police to try to make a neighborhood safer.
Updated: 8:22 AM Today, the 23 NEWS "Operation Safer Streets" hits the streets with a special police outreach program aimed at helping fight crime in Rockford's neighborhoods.
Updated: 10:44 PM It's been nearly a decade since 14-year-old Kory Kallenbach, a freshman at Guilford High School, was hit by a car and left to die near the entrance to Rock Cut State Park.
Updated: 5:41 PM Criminals are targeting group homes in downtown Rockford, robbing unsuspecting senior citizens.
Updated: 4:50 PM 23 News’ Operation Safer Streets program is teaming up with the Rockford Police Department to bring you Cops on the Block.
