Illinois State Police Archives

Metro East news briefs

— August 7, 2019

Effort seeks new interest in Metro East brownfields Much of Metro East’s considerable inventory of abandoned commercial and industrial land could be redeveloped through better utilization…

New laws aim to protect law enforcement, roadside workers
— August 4, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Drivers in Illinois who injure roadside workers or fail to obey construction zone signals now face the possibility of enhanced fines, and even jail time. Gov. J.B. Pritzker…
Leavitt: Illinois police chiefs say no-ticket-quota law should be repealed to save lives
— May 15, 2019

It’s difficult to take when something you’ve strived for your entire adult life starts falling apart, especially if it costs the lives of people you work with. That’s the situation…
State Police: Too often, drivers aren’t moving, slowing for squad cars
— March 31, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Already in 2019, motorists have hit 14 squad cars stopped along Illinois roads. One of those incidents cost an Illinois State Police trooper his life. “This information…
Murder-case DNA evidence sits in Illinois crime lab
— December 17, 2018

More than a year after her son’s death, Reginice McBride is still looking for answers. Information about her son’s killer could be sitting on a mask or a blood-stained T-shirt…

Byrd: Enforcement, education needed to change driving behaviors
— May 25, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State Police Lt. Col. David Byrd was the on-call supervisor the night Chicago Fire Department Lt. Scott Gillen was struck and killed while assisting a crash…
Months after murders, crime lab’s DNA work lags
— April 9, 2019

State elected leaders are offering the Illinois State Police close to carte blanche to remedy the crime lab backlog that has some families of murder victims waiting more than a year…
State troopers, two others get Illinois roadways named in their honor
— March 4, 2019

State lawmakers will name stretches of Illinois roadways in honor of two state troopers, a soldier killed in the Vietnam War and a Madison County Medevac pilot. Two of the honorary…