Law enforcement authorities have reunited 24 children with their families, arrested 305 fugitives, and filed charges against 179 defendants in 140 cases under Operation New Dawn, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). [source]
The DOJ shared in a July 2 post on X that “11 agencies participated as part of this first-of-its-kind ‘badgeless’ enforcement initiative in Chicagoland in recognition of our nation’s 250th Birthday that focused on a single mission for roughly 60 days: to set aside barriers and focus exclusively on disrupting violence in the Chicago and Rockford areas by arresting the worst of the worst offenders, who would then face federal criminal prosecution.”
Chicagoland is the informal name for areas surrounding Chicago and includes counties from Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin….