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Evanston vows formal response after residents report people posing as federal agents
Summary
Mayor Biss and police officials told the City Council Oct. 27 that the city will treat reports of masked individuals claiming to be federal agents as incident reports and investigate them. Police outlined steps for on‑scene assessment, evidence collection and potential referral to the Illinois attorney general when misconduct is suspected.
Mayor Evanston Biss told the City Council on Oct. 27 that the city will treat reports of masked individuals representing themselves as federal agents the same way it would any other incident report and investigate them.
"We will respond is incidents, involving individuals claiming to be federal agents just as we would any other incident report," Mayor Biss said, noting the city had received "a number of understandable questions" about recent abduction reports and that city staff and legal counsel are coordinating a response.
Police officials said the department has formalized a supervisor response and evidence‑collection pathway for such incidents. Commander Glue described the procedure the department will use when called to a potential federal operation: officers will make an…
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