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Dozens of police officers from Champaign, Urbana, Mahomet, and the Champaign County Sheriff’s office joined the University of Illinois Police Department to respond to the encampment demanding the University divest from Israel on Friday, April 26. / Photo by Farrah Anderson

Local police spent over $137,000 on overtime for one day of University of Illinois’ Gaza protests

Post author:Farrah Anderson / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:July 9, 2024
Post category:Government Public Funds

Police departments throughout Champaign County paid over $137,000 in overtime costs to officers who responded to one day of protests at the University of…

Read more about the article Champaign hired Police Chief Timothy Tyler despite disciplinary past and allegations of misconduct

Farrah Anderson, Invisible Institute/Illinois Public Media

In 2022, Timothy Tyler was chosen to lead the Champaign Police Department — despite a string of misconduct allegations from his first policing job in the south Chicago suburb of Markham through his time at the Illinois State Police.

Champaign hired Police Chief Timothy Tyler despite disciplinary past and allegations of misconduct

Post author:Farrah Anderson and Sam Stecklow, Invisible Institute
Post published:February 1, 2024
Post category:Government Justice Public Funds

This article originally appeared on IPM Newsroom on January 29, 2024. This story is part of a partnership focusing on police misconduct in Champaign…

Read more about the article Champaign’s trial run of gunshot detection program fires blanks

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Looking south to the Champaign Police Department Building on First Street. Photo by Darrell Hoemann/CU-CitizenAccess

Champaign’s trial run of gunshot detection program fires blanks

Post author:Enji Erdenekhuyag / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 15, 2023
Post category:Government Justice Technology

In an effort to deter gun violence, Champaign implemented two new surveillance technologies, but underwhelming results have led the police department to recommend parting…

Read more about the article Police departments in Champaign County combat staff shortages; Some rebounding from resignations fueled by social issues, pandemic

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Looking south to the Champaign Police Department Building on First Street. Photo by Darrell Hoemann/CU-CitizenAccess

Police departments in Champaign County combat staff shortages; Some rebounding from resignations fueled by social issues, pandemic

Post author:Ethan Holesha / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 4, 2023
Post category:Government Public Funds

The cities of Champaign, Urbana and Mahomet have been dealing with staffing shortages in their police departments since the pandemic, but some departments' vacancies…

Read more about the article Champaign and Urbana shootings fall since 2021 peak; cities pondering what preventive programs worked

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Looking south to the Champaign Police Department Building on First Street. Photo by Darrell Hoemann/CU-CitizenAccess

Champaign and Urbana shootings fall since 2021 peak; cities pondering what preventive programs worked

Post author:Andrew Prozorovsky / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:September 25, 2023
Post category:Government Neighborhoods

In the past eight years, Champaign and Urbana witnessed a steep hike in gun violence and then a swift decline after 2021 — but…

Read more about the article Champaign gunshot detection tech not meeting expectations

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The city council voted 6-3 on a resolution "Authorizing the Purchase and Installation of Automated License Plate Readers, Gunshot Detection, and Related Equipment from Flock Group, Inc.," in December 2021.

Champaign gunshot detection tech not meeting expectations

Post author:Andrew Prozorovsky / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:September 13, 2023
Post category:Government Neighborhoods Technology

On February 13 this year, a one-year pilot program began in Champaign with Raven gunshot detection technology. Records obtained in a Freedom of Information…

Read more about the article Citations for unlawful ID use by minors soars in Champaign after pandemic; underage drinking citations plummet

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Citations for unlawful ID use by minors soars in Champaign after pandemic; underage drinking citations plummet

Post author:Lindsey Bruneman / For CU-CitizenAccess and Dylan Tiger
Post published:August 23, 2023
Post category:Business Government Justice

About five times the number of 19- and 20-year-olds have been arrested or fined for unlawful use of ID in the first seven months…

Read more about the article Champaign and Urbana police still mostly white despite repeated attempts at racial diversity

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The window for the Urbana Police Department office inside the Urbana City Hall on Thursday, September 4, 2014. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access

Champaign and Urbana police still mostly white despite repeated attempts at racial diversity

Post author:Carmen Martinez / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:May 23, 2023
Post category:Government Justice

Despite years of pledges and efforts to bring racial diversity to their departments, only 31 of 203 employees — or 15% — at the…

Read more about the article Champaign police increase residency bonus but most officers still prefer to live out of town; Other area departments show similar pattern

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Looking south to the Champaign Police Department Building on First Street. Photo by Darrell Hoemann/CU-CitizenAccess

Champaign police increase residency bonus but most officers still prefer to live out of town; Other area departments show similar pattern

Post author:Yuzhu Liu / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:May 18, 2023
Post category:Government Public Funds

Most employees of the Champaign and Urbana police departments live outside the cities they serve, even when lucrative bonuses are offered, records show. More…

Read more about the article Central Illinois police training for mental health cases questioned, involuntary commitment issues remain

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Tisha Bryson at her home in central Illinois on Saturday, June 4, 2022. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access

Central Illinois police training for mental health cases questioned, involuntary commitment issues remain

Post author:Kelsey Turner / Invisible Institute
Post published:September 30, 2022
Post category:Community Voices Justice Public Funds

Tisha Bryson has been shackled, hospitalized and shoved to the ground by central Illinois law enforcement officers more times than she can count while…