Thomas Dart
Democratic · IL · Cook County Sheriff
Thomas J. Dart has served as Cook County Sheriff since 2006. An attorney and former prosecutor, he served in the Illinois House and Senate and chaired judiciary and prison-oversight committees.
Where Thomas Dart stands, based on their records
Supports
Immigration (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (9 records), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 support
Dart's office completed an undercover investigation into a fraudulent-identification scheme targeting migrants, recovering 481 fake IDs and obtaining felony charges against three defendants.
January 30, 2024Supports Immigration
Source: cookcountysheriffil.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 9 support
Dart partnered with the CTA and Chicago Police Department to deploy Cook County sheriff's officers on Red and Green Line trains; by June 2026 the initiative had made 225 arrests, recovered 23 weapons, and located 10 missing people.
June 25, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: axios.com
Announced plans to phase out the Cook County Sheriff's decades-old electronic monitoring program, citing public-safety concerns and changes under the Illinois SAFE-T Act.
December 18, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: wbez.org
Dart's office completed an undercover investigation into a fraudulent-identification scheme targeting migrants, recovering 481 fake IDs and obtaining felony charges against three defendants.
January 30, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: cookcountysheriffil.gov
Dart's office entered a revenue-neutral five-year agreement to provide Crestwood with round-the-clock 911 dispatch, radio monitoring, and call-taking services beginning in 2024.
December 14, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: cook-county.legistar.com
Dart launched the Sheriff's Co-Responder Virtual Assistance Program and expanded it to Blue Island, enabling officers to connect people in mental-health crises with clinicians for de-escalation, aftercare, and case management.
November 23, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: cookcountysheriffil.gov
Dart opened the Sheriff's Community Resource Center to the public; by May 2021 more than 1,300 people had accepted help connecting to mental-health, substance-use, housing, food, employment, and other services.
May 5, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: cookcountysheriffil.gov
Dart launched Tails of Redemption, a jail rehabilitation program in which people in custody train shelter dogs while building job-readiness and life skills.
January 1, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: cookcountysheriffil.gov
Dart required the Sheriff's 911 dispatchers to complete crisis-intervention training and added Smart911 access so residents could voluntarily provide emergency dispatchers with safety and mental-health information.
April 25, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: cookcountysheriffil.gov
Dart created the National Johns Suppression Initiative, a multi-agency law-enforcement coalition focused on arresting buyers of commercial sex, and staffed trafficking-intervention programs with former victims.
January 1, 2011Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: cookcountysheriffil.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Dart created the National Johns Suppression Initiative, a multi-agency law-enforcement coalition focused on arresting buyers of commercial sex, and staffed trafficking-intervention programs with former victims.
January 1, 2011Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: cookcountysheriffil.gov
Past race Thomas Dart ran in:
- Cook County Sheriff · November 3, 2026 · Cook County, Illinois · incumbent