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Police chief Jamal Simington praised the department for its efforts, handling about 69,000 calls for service and 10,000 traffic stops in 2022, leading to a total of 1,637 arrests.
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News about the manhunt for Michael Bakana — the man missing from his jury trial on murder charges — made it into the courtroom Tuesday as several potential jurors disclosed what they had heard about the search.
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Police said Melissa Ostrom, 39, of Bloomington was pronounced dead at the scene on Thursday after her body was located following what authorities described as an extensive search by Bloomington Police, the McLean County Sheriff’s Office and the McLean County Emergency Management Agency.
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IDOT has conducted yearly traffic stop demographic studies since 2004. Statewide, Illinois police were 2.7 times more likely to pull over Black drivers than white drivers in 2020.
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Amid a nationwide increase in dangerous driving behaviors, Bloomington-Normal’s police departments say staff shortages have limited their ability to do traffic enforcement.
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Police are seeking murder and aggravated battery charges against Jaylin Bones, 22, for the shooting death of 29-year-old Timothy Manns a year ago.
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This is National Gun Violence Survivors Week, and a fairly significant increase in shooting incidents in Bloomington in 2022 is causing concern for the police department.
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Tip411 is a system for citizens to send information to police anonymously through a text message. Police hope more people with information on crimes will come forward without having to speak to an officer.
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During Tuesday's non-voting meeting, the Bloomington City Council and Mayor Mwilambwe were presented with the city’s Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan as well as the Bloomington Police Department’s ideas for using a $500,000 violence prevention grant.
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In a $1.5 million project, the Fort Jesse pump stations will get a new generator, and workers will complete a complex rewiring of electrical systems to minimize the risk of both pumps failing simultaneously.