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DuPage Judge Allows Cameras For April Murder Trial

A DuPage County judge has overruled objections from both sides and will allow cameras into the courtroom for a high-profile murder trial next month.

2013/03/18

CTA 'L' Train (File Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

CTA To Install More Cameras On Trains

The Chicago Transit Authority is hoping to catch more crime on camera.

2013/02/11

A surveillance camera at a CTA station. (CBS)

CTA Touts Success Of Surveillance Cameras In Fighting Crime

CTA officials say their system of more than 17,000 cameras is dramatically reducing crime on the system.

2012/10/26

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DuPage County To Get Cameras, Microphones In Courtrooms

The Illinois Supreme Court will issue an order Monday permitting live broadcast coverage of trials in DuPage County.

WBBM Newsradio–2012/09/23

Timothy Evans

Chief Judge: Cameras Likely In Cook County Courts By Year’s End

Cook County’s chief judge says his court system should be ready to introduce cameras in courtrooms by the end of the year, although Illinois Supreme Court officials say there’s no specific timetable for putting them in place.

2012/08/21

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Best Camera Stores In Chicago

Searching for a terrific camera that will help capture your memories? Then look no further than these Chicago area stores.

2012/07/10

Grand Prairie Transportation now has cameras aboard buses when it transports children for a suburban special-education district. (CBS)

2 Investigators: Alleged Abuse Leads Parents To Lobby For Cameras On School Buses

The mother and father of twin 3-year-old daughters want to keep their names private — but not their battle. CBS 2′s Dave Savini reports.

2012/05/31

Robert Lyzenga

Indiana Church Pastor Accused Of Mounting Cameras In Restroom

A church in Indiana has removed its pastor, after he was arrested for allegedly disguising two hidden video cameras as air fresheners and hiding them in the women’s toilet stalls at the church.

CBS Chicago–2012/05/16

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Supreme Court Expanding Program For Cameras In Courtroom

Televised trials are coming to two more counties not far from Chicago.

WBBM Newsradio–2012/04/29

Some police departments have begun equipping officers with "body cameras," which record criminal activity and encounters with suspects and civilians, to document crime and protect officers in case of allegations of wrongdoing. (Credit: CBS)

Police Use Of ‘Body Cams,’ Stun Gun Cameras Stirs Controversy

Police officers are using a new tool to catch criminals and protect themselves from bogus allegations. Some departments are beginning to have officers wear cameras on their uniforms, and they also are equipping stun guns with cameras. CBS 2′s Dave Savini looks at this new technology and the controversy around it.

CBS 2–2012/02/29

Scales Of Justice

Northwest Illinois Courts First To Get Cameras

Courtrooms in northwestern Illinois will be the first in the state to allow cameras.

2012/01/31

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Cook County Plans To Go Ahead With Cameras In Courtrooms

Chief judges in circuit courts around the state are considering the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to allow cameras and microphones in courtrooms.

CBS Chicago–2012/01/24

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Ill. Supreme Court To Allow Cameras In Courts

For the first time in Illinois history, cameras will be allowed in circuit courtrooms.

CBS Chicago–2012/01/23

U.S. Supreme Court Building (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Durbin Pushing For Broadcast Of Supreme Court Hearings

Another effort is under way to require broadcast audio and video coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court.

CBS Chicago–2011/12/12

A street surveillance camera seen on top of a light pole along a Chicago street (Credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Police: Cameras Failed In Lockup Where 2 Committed Suicide

Police Supt. Garry McCarthy is acknowledging there were “issues” with the cameras inside the Calumet District police lockup on the city’s Far South Side, where two inmates hanged themselves within four days.

CBS Chicago–2011/11/22

Red Light Camera

State Senate OKs Speed Cameras For Chicago

You might not know it yet, but coming soon to a street corner near you could be traffic speed traps – maybe a lot more of them than Mayor Rahm Emanuel discussed last week.

WBBM Newsradio–2011/10/26

Ford logo. (Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Ford Demonstrates New Computerized Safety Systems

Ford Motor Company brought cars and dreams of safer roads to Yorktown Shopping Center on Wednesday to demonstrate new systems that foresee crashes and head them off with WiFi, radar and GPS.

WBBM Newsradio–2011/07/13

Drew Peterson

Cameras Roll At Drew Peterson Hearing

A history-making hearing took place Wednesday afternoon in the Drew Peterson case.

CBS Chicago–2011/02/16

Drew Peterson

Peterson Case Could Mean More Cameras In Courtrooms

The Drew Peterson case could be opening the door to more TV cameras in Illinois courtrooms.

CBS Chicago–2011/02/10

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