After months of planning and discussion, the Cook County sheriff’s office starting Tuesday will no longer accept new electronic monitoring participants, marking the beginning of a shift in one way ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There are more than three thousand people charged with crimes right now wearing ankle bracelets in Cook County so authorities can keep track of them; a more than 30-percent spike in ...

Earlier this month, at around 4:30 a.m., Chicago police officers noticed a car with a broken headlight and initiated a stop. The officers spotted a black bag on the floorboard, felt an L-shaped object ...

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office has officially ended its electronic monitoring program. The Chief Judge’s Office, through the Adult Probation Department, will now handle all electronic monitoring ...

One day after he was sworn in, new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach said he is ordering an urgent review of the county's troubled electronic monitoring program. The program has been under attack ...

Days after new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring program, Sheriff Tom Dart said this crisis isn't new, and that he's been warning ...

Charles Beach was sworn in on Monday as Cook County's first new chief judge in 24 years, and takes over amid a political firestorm over what appears to be systemic issues with how accused criminals ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C.,None — He wasn't gone long. Less than two days after police say he cut off his electronic monitor, officers arrested Tomonta Simmons at a home in southwest Charlotte Friday morning.

WEST ASHLEY, S.C (WCBD) – A pilot program at the Charleston Police Department is allowing officers to keep a close watch on violent offenders out on bond. Through the program, two officers are tasked ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new statewide electronic monitoring program capable of keeping track of up to 4,000 people annually is set to begin in January, according to the Alabama Bureau of Pardons ...