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 ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

Since its inception in the early 2000s, Project Safe Neighborhoods has been deployed in neighborhoods on the West and South sides of the city historically plagued by gangs, poverty and violence ...

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 ...