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  2. List of law enforcement agencies in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Illinois.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 846 law enforcement agencies employing 48,240 sworn police officers, about 379 for each 100,000 residents.

  3. DeKalb, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    DeKalb (/ d ɪ ˈ k æ l b / dih-KALB) is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 40,290 at the 2020 census . The city is named after decorated Franconian -French war hero Johann de Kalb , who died during the American Revolutionary War .

  4. 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting - Wikipedia

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    21 (17 by gunfire) Perpetrator. Steven Kazmierczak. The Northern Illinois University shooting was a school shooting that took place on Thursday, February 14, 2008, at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb, Illinois. Steven Kazmierczak, 27 years old and a 2006 NIU graduate, opened fire with a shotgun and three pistols in a crowd of ...

  5. List of largest local police departments in the United States

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    Department State/Territory Number of full-time sworn officers As of (with reference) 1: New York City Police Department (NYPD) New York: 33,695: April 2024 [2] 2: Chicago Police Department (CPD) Illinois: 11,780: February 2024 [3] 3: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) California: 8,959: April 2024 [4] 4: Philadelphia Police Department (PPD ...

  6. List of Illinois state agencies - Wikipedia

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    There are also many boards, commissions and offices, [1] including: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois

  7. Disappearance of Walter Collins - Wikipedia

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    Walter's disappearance received nationwide attention, and the Los Angeles Police Department followed up on hundreds of leads without success. [2] The police faced negative publicity and increasing public pressure to solve the case. [3] Then, five months after Walter's disappearance, [2] a boy claiming to be Walter was found in DeKalb, Illinois ...

  8. Sheriffs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Like other sheriffs' departments in Illinois, the sheriff can provide all traditional law-enforcement functions, including county-wide patrol and investigations irrespective of municipal boundaries, even in the city of Chicago, but has traditionally limited its police patrol functions to unincorporated areas of the county because unincorporated ...

  9. DeKalb County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    DeKalb County is credited with being the birthplace of the Farm Bureau movement. DeKalb County is the 2nd largest hog producing county in Illinois and the 66th largest in the nation. Education has played an important role in the area: Northern Illinois University is located in DeKalb and Kishwaukee College is located in Malta.