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List Of Law Enforcement Agencies In Illinois
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Illinois. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 877 law enforcement agencies employing 41,277 sworn police officers, about 321 for each 100,000 residents. State agencies * Illinois Attorney General's Office ** Department of Investigations ** Illinois Attorney General Police * Illinois Commerce Commission Police * Illinois Department of Corrections * Illinois Department of Human Services Police Department * Illinois Department of Natural Resources ** Illinois Conservation Police * Illinois Department of Revenue Police ** Bureau of Criminal Investigations * Illinois Gaming Board * Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board * Illinois Secretary of State **Illinois Secretary of State Capitol Police ** Illinois Secretary of State Police * Illinois State Fire Marshal Arson Investigation * Illinois State Police County agenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Illinois
The Great Seal of the State of Illinois is the official emblem of the state, and signifies the official nature of a document produced by the state of Illinois. The flag of the state of Illinois consists of the seal of Illinois on a white background, with the word "Illinois" underneath the seal. The present seal was adopted in 1869, the flag bearing the central elements of the seal was adopted in 1915, and the word ''Illinois'' was added to the flag in 1970. In a survey by the North American Vexillogical Association (NAVA), the flag of Illinois was ranked 49th out of 72 different flags of states and territories, mainly in the US and Canada. Design The current flag depicts the Great Seal of Illinois, which was originally designed in 1819 and emulated the Great Seal of the United States. In the eagle's beak there is a banner with the state motto, "State Sovereignty, National Union." The dates on the seal, 1818 and 1868, represent the year Illinois became a state and the year in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alton And Southern Railway
The Alton and Southern Railway is a switching railroad in the Greater St. Louis area in Illinois. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad. Overview The Alton and Southern ''Railroad'' was formed in 1910, and in 1913 it absorbed the Denverside Connecting Railway (founded in 1910), and the Alton and Southern ''Railway'' (founded in 1911). The company was operated as a subsidiary of the Aluminum Ore Company, which was itself a subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), to serve the Bayer process bauxite-to-alumina refinery at Alorton, Illinois. Alcoa sold the line to the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Chicago and North Western Railway (CNW) in 1968, and it was reorganized as the Alton and Southern ''Railway''. In 1972, CNW's share was sold to the St. Louis Southwestern Railway. In 1982, the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) took ownership of the Missouri Pacific share and then became full owner in 1996 with the acquisition of SSW parent Southern Pacifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westfield, Illinois
Westfield is a village in Westfield Township, Clark County, Illinois, United States. The population was 536 at the 2020 census, down from 601 at the 2010 census. Reflecting the city's economic decline, much of the downtown area consists of boarded-up and abandoned buildings. History The village of Westfield was laid out in 1839, and a post office opened there on June 18, 1840. The community did not incorporate until August 31, 1875."Westfield. Ill." Retrieved June 16, 2014. Westfield College operated here from 1865 until 1914. The school was founded by the in 1861 as a seminary, then was incorporated as a coeducational coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Mills, Illinois
London Mills is a village in Fulton and Knox counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 392 at the 2010 census, down from 447 at the 2000 census. The Fulton County portion of London Mills is part of the Canton Micropolitan Statistical Area and the wider Peoria Consolidated Statistical Area, while the Knox County portion is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography London Mills is located along the boundary between Fulton and Knox counties. In the 2000 census, 442 of London Mills' 447 residents (98.9%) lived in Fulton County and 5 (1.2%) lived in Knox County. The village is bordered to the northwest by the Spoon River, a south-flowing tributary of the Illinois River. Illinois Route 116 forms the southern edge of the village. The highway leads east to Farmington and west to St. Augustine. Canton, the largest city in Fulton County, is to the southeast. According to the 2010 census, London Mills has a total area of , all land. Demog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ford Heights, Illinois
Ford Heights (formerly East Chicago Heights) is a village and a suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,813 at the 2020 census. Many of the area’s first settlers were African American and since its incorporation in 1949 the village has remained predominantly Black. Due to the lack of commercial activity and financial stability, the village has declined over the years. Urban renewal efforts were attempted in the 1960s, although the village has continued to decline. Geography Ford Heights is located at . According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Ford Heights has a total area of , all land. The village lies on the edge of the Tinley Moraine. Surrounding areas : Glenwood : Chicago Heights Lynwood : Chicago Heights Lynwood : Chicago Heights Sauk Village : Sauk Village History The area that would eventually become Ford Heights was first settled in the late 1840s. It served as a stopping point on the Underground Railroad for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Housing Authority Police Department
The Chicago Housing Authority Police Department (also known as the CHAPD) was created as a supplement to the Chicago Police Department (CPD), to provide dedicated police services to the residents of one of the nation's most impoverished and crime ridden developments for low-income housing. The CHAPD accomplished their daily goals by utilizing "community oriented policing techniques and aggressive vertical patrol" of all Chicago Housing Authority public housing projects throughout the inner city of Chicago, Illinois and some suburban areas. History The CHAPD was envisioned by Vince Lane, who had served as Chairman and Executive Director of the CHA from May 23, 1987 to May 26, 1995. During a television interview, Lane recalled how as a child he marveled at how well kept public housing was and remembered being envious of the conveniences residents enjoyed. As Chairman, Lane took a personal stance in rectifying the safety and living conditions of the residents by ushering in the rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Pacific Railroad Police Department
The Union Pacific Police Department (UPPD) is a private railroad police department and the law enforcement agency of the Union Pacific Railroad, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. The UPPD is one of six American Class I railroad law enforcement agencies, alongside those of Amtrak, BNSF, CSX, Kansas City Southern, and Norfolk Southern. The UPPD and its "Special Agent" title were allegedly models for the Federal Bureau of Investigation when it was created in 1907. History Prior to the formation of their own law enforcement agency, roughly around the 1850s, Union Pacific contracted with the North-Western Police Agency, later known as Pinkerton. The UPPD itself originates with the Union Pacific Secret Services, the original law enforcement agency responsible for protecting Union Pacific trains and facilities. In the 1890s, Union Pacific organized the Union Pacific Bandit Hunters to combat outlaw gangs committing train robberies, which Union Pacific trains frequently fell victim to. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminal Railroad Association Of St
Terminal may refer to: Computing Hardware * Terminal (electronics), a device for joining electrical circuits together * Terminal (telecommunication), a device communicating over a line * Computer terminal, a set of primary input and output devices for a computer * Feedback terminal, a physical device used collect anonymous feedback Software * Terminal emulator, a program that emulates a computer terminal within some other display architecture ** Terminal (macOS), a terminal emulator included with macOS ** Windows Terminal, a terminal emulator for Windows 10 and Windows 11 ** GNOME Terminal, a Linux and BSD terminal emulator * Terminal and nonterminal symbols, lexical elements used in specifying the production rules constituting a formal grammar in computer science. Fonts * Terminal (typeface), a monospace font * Terminal (typography), a type of stroke ending Transportation * Airport terminal, a building where passengers embark and disembark aircraft (or cargo is loaded) * Bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31,250 km) in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia, and has rights in Canada over the Albany to Montréal route of the Canadian Pacific Railway. NS is responsible for maintaining , with the remainder being operated under trackage rights from other parties responsible for maintenance. Intermodal containers and trailers are the most common commodity type carried by NS, which have grown as coal business has declined throughout the 21st century; coal was formerly the largest source of traffic. The railway offers the largest intermodal rail network in eastern North America. NS was also the pioneer of Roadrailer service. Norfolk Southern and its chief competitor, CSX Transportation, have a duopoly on the transcontinental freight rail li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. The company operates as the leading subsidiary of CSX Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. CSX Corporation (the parent of CSX Transportation) was formed in 1980 from the merger of Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries, two holding companies which controlled a number of railroads operating in the Eastern United States. Initially only a holding company itself, the subsidiaries that made up CSX Corporation were gradually merged, with this process completed in 1987. CSX Transportation formally came into existence in 1986, as the successor of Seaboard System Railroad. In 1999, CSX Transportation acquired approximately half of Conrail, in a joint purchase with competitor Norfolk Southern Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Pacific Railway Police Service
The Canadian Pacific Police Service (CPPS) is a private railroad police force enforcing safety and policing along Canadian Pacific Railway properties and rail lines in Canada and the United States, including limited sections of the Milton line of GO Transit in the Greater Toronto Area. History The Canadian Pacific Police Service is one of the oldest police services in Canada. CP Police Service, formerly CP Railway Police, have a long and storied past within Canada and CP Rail is a part of Canada's history. Railway police were called upon many times to police railway towns, and to keep the peace during the building of the Canadian Railways from coast to coast. The railway police history dates many years and continues the tradition of protecting Canada's vast section of railway. In past years they had been downsized and numbered under 100 officers across Canada, however they are currently expanding their numbers across Canada. CP Police are also deployed throughout the CP Rail S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian National Railway Police
The Canadian National Police Service (commonly referred to as the CN Police) is a private railroad police force protecting the property, personnel, and rail infrastructure of the Canadian National Railway in Canada and the United States. History Established in 1923 upon the amalgamation of several railway companies, the Government of Canada established the Canadian National Railway Police. Currently, CN Police officers operate in 8 Canadian Provinces and in 16 U.S. States. In Canada, the BC Rail Police amalgamated into the CN Police Service in 2005. In the United States, four railway police services: the Illinois Central Railroad Police, the Grand Trunk Railway Police, the EJ&E, and the Wisconsin Central Transportation Police also amalgamated into the CN Police Service. Jurisdiction Canada In Canada, members are federally sworn in under section 44.1 of the ''Railway Safety Act'' granting powers as police constables and have the same powers of arrest as any police off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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