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While Baltimore was the first city to use 311 as a police non-emergency number, in January 1999, Chicago initiated the first comprehensive 3-1-1 system, by providing information and tracking city services from intake to resolution, in addition to taking non-emergency police calls. When the new service was launched, information regarding all ...
Non-emergency police – 114. Estonia: 112 [76] Faroe Islands: 112: Non-emergency police – 114. Finland: 112 [77] Maritime rescue – 02 94 1000; [78] Poison Control – 0800 147 111; [79] Medical Helpline 116117 (except in Lapland and Åland); [80] Report lost or stolen credit card 020 333 (for most Finnish banks) [81] France: 112 or 17: 112 ...
The Cook County Sheriff's Police Department has over 500 state certified law enforcement officers charged with patrolling unincorporated areas of Cook County as well as assisting suburban police departments with police operations including, but not limited to, detective and crime scene investigator (CSI) services, narcotics interdiction, bomb ...
The Metra Police Department was created to protect the eleven rail lines and 242 stations in metropolitan Chicago's commuter rail system, Metra. [2] The primary function of the Metra Police Department is to protect Metra passengers, employees, assets (trains and stations), enforce criminal laws, traffic laws and ordinances that directly or indirectly relate to the Metra system.
Chicago Police camera in 2006 Chicago Police helmet & billy-club circa 1968. Chicago police officers are required to buy their own duty equipment (except Taser x2 and Motorola radio Motorola phone). [115] All field officers must also be qualified to carry a Taser. Some officers choose to carry a backup weapon as well, which must meet certain ...
Not assignable; N11 code for non-emergency calls to local government, or to reach the city or county hall 312: Illinois (downtown Chicago) 1947: 1989: split to create 708; 1996: split to create 773; 2009: overlaid by 872; 313: Michigan (Dearborn, the Grosse Pointes, Detroit, and the latter's enclaves of Hamtramck and Highland Park) 1947: 1993 ...
The largest population without access to 211 was the metro-Chicago area up until January 2023. [4] In 2017, the 211 network in the U.S. answered close to 15 million requests for assistance through phone, text, and web chat.
The Romanesque style station is architecturally significant as an example of pre-1945 police stations in Chicago. It was designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke and Franklin Pierce Burnham. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The Chicago Police Department vacated the station in 1998.