Dangerous job teaching women they deserve better
Police describe domestic violence calls as highly dangerous for patrol officers with the Chicago Heights Police Department domestic violence unit. A 8 on a 10 danger scale is common as officers confront armed suspects and volatile emotions during battery calls. The 911 tape details a husband chasing his wife with a razor while declaring he must cleanse her.
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Joseph Petrarca
Chicago Heights
Petrarca
Hillary
Bill Clinton
Ignored assault details cited in law book evidence
Chicago Heights detective Joseph Petrarca notes a defendant’s claim of minor bruising from a burning dinner while some women downplay three week injuries as non major in a police report context.
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Joseph Petrarca
Chicago Heights
Victims Speak Out on Child Abuse at Home
The first of two parts shares victims’ accounts of abuse and its impact on children when violence erupts at home. It also outlines telltale signs of an abuser and how families cope.
Violence statistics from national crime reports fragment
Domestic violence largely affects women with evidence from the Justice Department and other bodies. Studies indicate high recurrence among male perpetrators and significant risk to children in homes with abuse, highlighting homicide links to intimate partners.
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Justice Department Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Matteson approves hotel deal with tax incentives
The Matteson Village Board approved a 32 percent 10 year tax abatement for Steve Horve of Builders Inc to build a 4.5 million Redline Country Inn and Suites on Lake Superior Drive. The plan, supported 5-1 despite trustee concerns, aims to add about 25 hotel jobs and 40 construction positions.
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Matteson Village Board
Dale Graham
Steve Horve
Builders Inc
Lake Superior Drive
Corporate Lakes
Graham
Horve
Rich Township
Matteson
DuPage
Lake
Will
Country Inn
Holiday Inn Mathson
Hampton Inn
Raymont Inn and Suites
Richton Park weighs plan for new Walgreens
Richton Park trustees authorized staff to negotiate a redevelopment deal for a Walgreens at the southeast corner of Sauk Trail and Amy Drive. Developer Mike Rose of Location Finders International presented a $5.5 million project expected to generate about $90,000 annually in retail sales tax and $125,000 yearly real estate taxes after the 10 year TIF. Rose vowed to bring the Walgreens if approved.
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Richton Park
Walgreens
Sauk Trial
Amy Drive
Mike Rose
Location Finders International, Inc
Rose
Projet
Rudy Banovich
Chicago Dough Company
Matteson considers new hires after village growth
Village officials discuss adding three staffers including a firefighter a deputy village clerk and a public works laborer at a cost of 60 146. The plan follows growth and potential new state rules requiring four firefighters on scene.
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Matteson
Matteson Village Board
Ralph Coglianese
Public Works
Coglianese
Ment
Patricia Wilson
Emmanuel Imoukhuede
Dale Graham
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American Medical Association
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
United States
Lynda J. Hemmerling
Robert Milkens
Chicago
Wendall Davis
Rich Central High School
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