Bloomington Police Department

Bloomington Police are asking for the public's help finding an 18-year-old murder suspect who is considered armed and dangerous.

The public will get its first chance to help select Bloomington's new police chief at a Public Safety and Community Relations Board meeting Wednesday night.

Bloomington Police say they have captured the man who had escaped from the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Bloomington Police say they have arrested two Bloomington men on sex abuse charges stemming from separate cases involving children.

Bloomington Police say the 6-year-old boy who was struck by a vehicle Thursday afternoon remains in critical condition at a Peoria hospital.

A child riding a moped was struck by a vehicle on East Empire Street near the Illinois Wesleyan University campus on Thursday afternoon, according to Bloomington Police. 

Bloomington Police are investigating the third armed robbery in the city in the last three weeks and police don't know if there's a connection.

About 60 law enforcement leaders from across the region gathered Monday at Heartland Community College to share data and intelligence.

Bloomington Police are asking the public’s help in identifying two men caught on camera Thursday morning robbing a local business.

Security tapes show the suspects entered an employee-only area at a business on the 2300 block of East Oakland Avenue. The men threatened a worker at knifepoint and demanded money and the employee’s cell phone.

Video footage identifies the robbers as two black men in their mid-20s to early 30s dressed in all black with reflective construction vests.

Bloomington Police Chief Clay Wheeler said Friday he plans to retire in June after just a year on the job, citing his wife's cancer diagnosis and a desire to "go enjoy life."

Bloomington Police have joined a new online community that it hopes will help the public help them fight crime.

Over a year after its creation, Bloomington's Public Safety and Community Relations Board (PSCRB) received and reviewed its first complaint.

Police have arrested three Bloomington men in connection with a shots fired incident on Tuesday which led to the temporary lockdown of a nearby grade school.

Bloomington Police say one person has been taken into custody following a report of a possible armed subject east of downtown on Tuesday afternoon.

Members of Bloomington's Public Safety and Community Relations Board are reviewing the details of the first complaint it has received against a city police officer since the panel was formed a year ago.

Bloomington Police said Friday there could be a link between Thursday night's armed robbery at a Walgreens and several recent heists in the Twin Cities.

Despite having reviewed no complaints, Bloomington’s Public Safety and Community Relations Board (PSCRB) will remain intact for a second year.

Bloomington has joined the growing number of U.S. communities using police body cameras.

Bloomington Police made an arrest Tuesday following a July drug-induced homicide.

Bloomington Police have arrested four men who, investigators say, were involved in one of the most active drug rings in the city.

Police in Bloomington say they are investigating a shooting Tuesday night in the 300 block of North Oak.

Bloomington Police are investigating separate incidents of gunfire in the last two nights, but investigators say they have no evidence of a connection between them.

Bloomington Police Chief Clay Wheeler has promoted a sergeant to his old job overseeing the Office of Professional Standards.

A five-hour police standoff in Bloomington ended Sunday with a 3-year-old boy being safely retrieved from a barricaded home and a man being taken into custody.

Bloomington Police are looking for the public's help finding the man who tried to rob a hotel at gunpoint.

Bloomington Police are reminding drivers to lock their cars following a rash of vehicle thefts.

Bloomington Police have arrested a Wisconsin man in connection with a shooting in Green Bay.