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Task force flags 72,274 active warrants in Cook County, urges coordinated response
Summary
The task force reported roughly 72,274 active warrants in Cook County, including about 7,500 for domestic battery or violations of orders of protection, and discussed operational and safety burdens that inconsistent LEADS entries and quashed warrants place on officers and courts.
The Cook County Violence Against Women Task Force highlighted a large backlog of active warrants and urged coordinated data and service improvements to reduce risk to officers and the public. Katie Dunn (S3) told the group that a preliminary pull found “72,274 active warrants right now in Cook County,” and that roughly 7,500 were for domestic battery and violations of orders of protection.
Dunn said the number is up from a previous October 2024 pull that recorded about 42,000 criminal warrants (which did not include search warrants), and she attributed some of…
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