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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…

A map of shootings in Champaign from Jan. 1, 2016 to Nov. 15, 2021. It was released in the Community Violence Reduction Blueprint, which was released in February 2022.

Of 50 victims, young minorities harmed most by flurry of Champaign gun violence

Post author:Heather Robinson / For CU-CitizenAccess and Andrew Prozorovsky / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:August 25, 2022
Post category:Justice Neighborhoods

There were 50 lethal shootings in the city of Champaign between 2015 and the first half of 2022. Of those 50 victims, 15 were…

Underage drinking citations from 2015 through November 2021 in Urbana, IL.

Urbana police stop giving out fines for underage drinking at bars during pandemic

Post author:Erica Floss-Becker / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:January 19, 2022
Post category:Government Justice Public Funds

Like the City of Champaign, Urbana issued no underage drinking citations or made any arrests last year through November 2021, according to police data…

A portion of the proposed automatic license plate readers in Champaign, bordered by light blue lines. Screenshot from Champaign study session document.

Urbana says “no” to license plate readers, but Champaign says “yes” in effort to reduce gun violence

Post author:Rachel Gardner / For CU-CitizenAccess and CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:January 19, 2022
Post category:Government Public Funds

Although Champaign voted in favor of implementing automated license plate readers (ALPRs) for $240,500 last month, Urbana rejected its $54,000 idea about a month…