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L.E.O. Self-Education

@NEMRTLibrary

Retired law enforcement librarian, who still believes in the (self) education & professionalization of police officers, through reading books!

 North Aurora, IL
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This @BrianRWillis TEDx Talk is a condensed #UseofForce lecture: youtu.be/qwC-RHsC6gw An 18-min Citizen Police Academy! #TACop
The most dangerous weapon in law enforcement | Brian Willis | TEDxNaperville

The most dangerous weapon in law enforcement | Brian Willis | TEDxNaperville

There is a growing perception of distrust between law enforcement o...

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ISP Releases Video Of Officer-Involved Shooting Incident In Granite City metroeaststar.com/2026/10/31…
ISP Releases Video Of Officer-Involved Shooting Incident In Granite City

ISP Releases Video Of Officer-Involved Shooting Incident In Granite City

GRANITE CITY — Illinois State Police released video Oct. 30, 2026, of a fatal police shooting in Granite City, citing a commitment to integrity and public transparency. The agency investigated […]

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Waukegan, IL Police Offer Free Safety Vests Starting October 31 countryherald.com/illinois/w…

Waukegan, IL Police Offer Free Safety Vests Starting October 31

Waukegan, IL – Residents walking or biking through Waukegan can begin receiving free high visibility safety vests Saturday, October 31, as the city's police department launches a new initiative aimed

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'They are the good guys': Palatine police thanked for foiling alleged terror attack on Hindu temple dailyherald.com/20261029/new…
‘They are the good guys’: Palatine police thanked for foiling alleged terror attack on Hindu temple

‘They are the good guys’: Palatine police thanked for foiling alleged terror attack on Hindu temple

Members of the suburban Hindu community offered handmade thank you cards, food and plenty of gratitude to Palatine police officers Thursday for their work helping to stop an alleged terror plot...

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Woman accused of kicking 2 officers, spitting at another after threatening boyfriend at Six Flags in Gurnee lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…
Woman accused of kicking 2 officers, spitting at another after threatening boyfriend at Six Flags...

Woman accused of kicking 2 officers, spitting at another after threatening boyfriend at Six Flags...

A 21-year-old woman kicked two police officers, spat at a third and scratched one, breaking his skin, after officers found her threatening her boyfriend at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, prosec...

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‘He’s gotta go’: Protesters shut down Mundelein board meeting over sergeant who fatally shot armed woman lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…
'He's gotta go': Protesters shut down Mundelein board meeting over sergeant who fatally shot armed...

'He's gotta go': Protesters shut down Mundelein board meeting over sergeant who fatally shot armed...

Village officials were forced to cancel a Mundelein board meeting after protesters filled the room chanting "He's gotta go!", days after prosecutors declined to charge the police sergeant who fatally...

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Chicago alderpersons press CPD on mayor's gunshot detection pilot abc7chicago.com/post/chicago…
Chicago alderpersons press CPD on mayor's gunshot detection pilot during budget hearing

Chicago alderpersons press CPD on mayor's gunshot detection pilot during budget hearing

Chicago Police Department leaders faced questions from City Council members Wednesday during a budget hearing, with much of the discussion focused on a new gunshot detection pilot program announced...

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Iroquois County, IL Deputy Shoots Knife-Wielding Man Wednesday countryherald.com/illinois/o…
Iroquois County, IL Deputy Shoots Knife-Wielding Man Wednesday

Iroquois County, IL Deputy Shoots Knife-Wielding Man Wednesday

Onarga, IL – A 29 year old man was shot by an Iroquois County sheriff's deputy Wednesday evening after allegedly charging at officers with a knife during a call for a psychological evaluation at a res

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5 arrested after police chase ends in crash in Villa Park wgntv.com/western-suburbs/ea…
5 arrested after police chase ends in crash in Villa Park

5 arrested after police chase ends in crash in Villa Park

VILLA PARK, Ill. — Authorities say five burglary suspects were taken into custody on Thursday morning following a chase and crash in Villa Park. According to Villa Park police, it all began around …

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State Police investigating officer involved shooting in Iroquois County wcia.com/news/iroquois-count…
State Police investigating officer involved shooting in Iroquois County

State Police investigating officer involved shooting in Iroquois County

ONARGA, Ill. (WCIA) — A call for help in Iroquois County took a dangerous turn when the Sheriff’s Police said a man charged deputies with a knife, leading one of them to open fire. Illi…

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Policing by the numbers: a look inside Urbana's data-driven police department wcia.com/news/policing-by-th…
Policing by the numbers: a look inside Urbana’s data-driven police department

Policing by the numbers: a look inside Urbana’s data-driven police department

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — One Central Illinois police department is championing a special kind of approach to law enforcement. The Urbana Police Department prides themselves in being a data drive…

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Kane County sheriff says serious I-90 crash was not part of police pursuit wspynews.com/news/local/kane…
Kane County sheriff says serious I-90 crash was not part of police pursuit

Kane County sheriff says serious I-90 crash was not part of police pursuit

The Kane County Sheriff's Office says a serious one-vehicle crash Saturday night in the area of I-90 and Route 31 was not part of a police pursuit involving three other

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Edwardsville Police Awarded IDOT Grant for Extra Traffic Enforcement metroeaststar.com/2026/10/27…
Edwardsville Police Awarded IDOT Grant for Extra Traffic Enforcement

Edwardsville Police Awarded IDOT Grant for Extra Traffic Enforcement

EDWARDSVILLE — The Edwardsville Police Department has been awarded a federal grant to put additional officers on the road to reduce crashes and save lives, with enforcement planned during holidays,...

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Indiana State Police Recruiting: Earn Up to $112K Over 15 Years countryherald.com/indiana/in…
Indiana State Police Recruiting: Earn Up to 12K Over 15 Years

Indiana State Police Recruiting: Earn Up to 12K Over 15 Years

Indianapolis, IN – Indiana residents interested in a law enforcement career have a new op…

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Joseph “Troubles” Matos, Wanted for Murder, Added to the FBI’s List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives fbi.gov/contact-us/field-off…
Joseph “Troubles” Matos, Wanted for Murder, Added to the FBI’s List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives |...

Joseph “Troubles” Matos, Wanted for Murder, Added to the FBI’s List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives |...

FBI Chicago announced that Joseph “Troubles” Matos has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, increasing the reward amount to $1 million. Matos is wanted in connection with the...

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Man Arrested In Frankfort For Impersonating A Public Officer wjol.com/man-arrested-in-fra…
Man Arrested In Frankfort For Impersonating A Public Officer - 1340 WJOL

Man Arrested In Frankfort For Impersonating A Public Officer - 1340 WJOL

A Burr Ridge Man has been arrested in Frankfort for Impersonating a Public Officer and Unlawful Possession...

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Illinois Traffic Update: 13th State Police Move Over Crash of 2026 countryherald.com/illinois/r…
Illinois Traffic Update: 13th State Police Move Over Crash of 2026

Illinois Traffic Update: 13th State Police Move Over Crash of 2026

Rock Falls, IL — An Illinois State Police squad vehicle was struck by a box truck Thursday morning along Illinois Route 40 in Whiteside County, marking the agency's 13th Move Over Law related crash of

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Joliet PD Hosts Halloween Event For Kids Saturday wjol.com/joliet-pd-hosts-hal…
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Joliet PD Hosts Halloween Event For Kids Saturday - 1340 WJOL

The Joliet Police Department hosts a “Trunk or Treat” event from noon to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday...

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Illinois State Police squad struck near Rock Falls ourquadcities.com/news/local…
Illinois State Police squad struck near Rock Falls

Illinois State Police squad struck near Rock Falls

There’s been a Move Over Law -related crash involving an Illinois State Police (ISP) squad car on a QCA roadway. A news release from ISP said a trooper assigned to the Commercial Vehicle Enfo…

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Illinois State Police Breaks Ground on $55 Million Metro East Headquarters metroeaststar.com/2026/10/23…
Illinois State Police Breaks Ground on $55 Million Metro East Headquarters

Illinois State Police Breaks Ground on $55 Million Metro East Headquarters

EAST ST. LOUIS – The Illinois State Police (ISP), Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, the Capitol Development Board, and several other dignitaries, broke ground on the new, state-of-the art ISP...

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Attorneys seek to toss fleeing charge against woman shot by Waukegan police, say chief warned prosecutors officer falsified reports lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…
Attorneys seek to toss fleeing charge against woman shot by Waukegan police, say chief warned...

Attorneys seek to toss fleeing charge against woman shot by Waukegan police, say chief warned...

Attorneys for a woman shot by police are asking a judge to toss the fleeing charge she faces from the encounter that killed her boyfriend in Waukegan, saying grand jurors never learned the officer...

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