Aldermen to discuss use of out-of-town cops
When anti-police protesters took to the streets in Evanston in the fall, many of the police officers brought in for crowd control were not from Evanston.
A still frame from a police body camera video that Evanston officials say shows protesters throwing fireworks at police during a defund police demonstration on Halloween.
When anti-police protesters took to the streets in Evanston in the fall, many of the police officers brought in for crowd control were not from Evanston.
Instead, they were part of a multi-agency, mutual-aid collaborative designed for anything from natural disasters, to riots, to SWAT-like incidents and large protests.