Thomas Dart

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 · researched July 13, 2026

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 · researched July 13, 2026

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 · researched July 6, 2026

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 · researched July 13, 2026

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 · researched July 13, 2026

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 · researched July 13, 2026

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 · researched July 13, 2026

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 · researched July 13, 2026

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 · researched July 13, 2026

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 · researched July 13, 2026

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 Civil Rights

Source: cookcountysheriffil.gov · researched July 13, 2026