Night Closings Ordered in Cook County Forest Preserves
Forest Preserves of Cook County now close at dusk or earlier amid vandalism and underage drinking. Rangers, deputized police, cite a rise in damage from picnics to outhouses, averaging arrests and costs across divisions, with Indian Boundary and Salt Creek divisions facing distinct challenges.
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Tom Brune
Cook County
Forest Preserve
Forest Park
Cook County Forest Preserves
Gerald W. O’connor
O'Connor
Rangers
O’connor
Chicago
Near West
Indian Boundary
Salt Creek
Richard Dillalo
Roosevelt Road
Dillalo
University of Illinois Circle
Stanley Bezdek
Touhy Avenue
River Forest
Elmwood Park
River Grove
Melrose Park
Franklin Park
Park Ridge
Des Plaines
Indian Boundary Forest Preserves
104 Arrested in Forest Preserve Night Raid
River Grove and Elmwood Park police with Forest Preserve Rangers and Triton College officers raided Fullerton East and West Forest Preserves Friday night arresting 104 people aged 15 to 23 for being in the woods after closing. Most arrestees were from Elmwood Park River Grove Oak Park Franklin Park and Melrose Park.
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River Grove
Elmwood Park
Cook County Forest Preserve District
Triton College
Fullerton East
West Forest Preserves
Richard Sloan
Forest Ranger Department
Oak Park
Franklin Park
Melrose Park
Sloan
Forest Rangers
Triton
Thatcher Road
Thomas Tarpey
Rosemont
Tarpey
Fullerton
Thatcher
Fullerton West
First Avenues
Forest Preserve
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Richard Samuel
River Forest Police Department
John Keegan
River Grove Police Department
Indian Boundary Division
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