Col. Wayne Huggins was grinning as he waited at the Capitol for the General Assembly to adopt a budget on Wednesday. For Huggins, the two-year, $165 billion budget culminates years of work on a new pay plan to raise starting salaries for sworn officers of […]

Nine Rock Island police officers have been honored by the city for exemplary actions, including a life-saving award for two officers who talked a man out of jumping off the Centennial Bridge in November.  “I’m very proud of all the work that we do,” Rock […]

Police are responding to more incidents involving people experiencing mental health crises and in some cases the results have been deadly. 5 Investigates dug into the funding, training and innovative resources now available to help police keep everyone safe.When police face-off with a person in […]

CLAYTON — Council Chair Rita Heard Days said Monday she expected to send a whistleblower protection bill vetoed by County Executive Sam Page to voters, as two key police officers’ organizations both said they support the measure. Days first proposed the legislation last year, arguing […]