The U.S. Justice Department program started in 2001 to try to secure stiffer prison sentences for gun offenders. Up to now in Chicago, it was concentrated in high-crime areas on the West and South ...

A long-running federal anti-violence program will be expanding to downtown Chicago and mass transit for the first time this ...

Project Safe Neighborhoods, led by the U.S. Justice Department, has been in place since 2001 in seven of the city's West and ...

U.S. Attorney's office expands Project Safe Neighborhoods to cover Chicago's downtown and CTA system for crime prevention.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois on Wednesday announced the expansion of its Project Safe ...

Antowan Jabaar Cain from Clewiston was sentenced to 12 years in prison for meth distribution and firearm possession during ...

Jack E. Wagner, 22, of Milwaukie, also admitted he was carrying a gun when he sold the drug to the students on Nov. 2, 2023, ...

The Wheeling Police Department unveiled a new National Integrated Ballistic Information Network on Wednesday.The forensic tool can significantly enhance law enf ...

Rangel was stopped by police for a traffic violation, and officers saw drug paraphernalia in plain view in the vehicle, ...

In November, the city council voted to extend Project Safe Streets for 90 days and set a public hearing to take place on Jan. 14, 2025 to determine whether the project will be continued indefinitely.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - 3 people were arrested as a part of the Project Safe Neighborhood initiative led by the Northwestern D.A.’s Office. 46-year-old Antonio Colon Ortiz of ...

Petrina Bridges, an East Lake resident, has changed her daily routine – and outlook on the neighborhood – since the launch of a city of Birmingham public safety initiative. Project Safe ...