Training

Unemployment Rate Dips, But Some Still Looking For Work

Employers hired 146,000 workers last month, nearly twice as many as analysts expected, dropping the jobless rate to 7.7 percent. CBS 2’s Chris Martinez reports.

2012/12/07

File Photo Of A Silhouette Of Firefighters (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)

Illinois Fire Service Institute Receives Grant For Training School

The Illinois Fire Service Institute’s hands-on training school for teens and young adults has received a $65,000 state grant.

CBS Chicago–2012/07/02

Training Program Educates First Responders On People With Autism

Illinois firefighters and paramedics may soon know how to better help autistic people during emergencies.

CBS Chicago–2012/04/16

Chicago Police Officers (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Thousands Of Cops Receive Extra Training For NATO/G8 Summits

Police are going through extensive extra training for the NATO/G8 summits, as two groups of demonstrators have now announced plans to march down Michigan Avenue in the midday hours.

CBS Chicago–2012/03/05

Insurance Company Team Trains Hard For Hustle Up The Hancock

It’s almost time for the Hustle up the Hancock, and this year, the Respiratory Health Association hopes to raise more than $1 million for local lung disease research and programs.

CBS 2–2012/02/03

Photo Of Cook County Sheriff's Police Patch (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Cook County Sheriff’s Office Begins Training New Police Officers

For the first time in nearly three years, the Cook County Sheriff’s Police will be getting 26 new officers, as the department figures a way around belt-tightening.

CBS Chicago–2011/09/26

Police officers respond to a simulated bank robbery during a high-tech training session at the Homeland Security Educaiton Center at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. (Credit: CBS)

High-Tech Center Helps Cops Train For Counter-Terrorism

It looked and sounded like the real deal – police officers shooting in the middle of a street during a terror plot gone wrong. Fortunately, it was just a training session.

CBS 2–2011/08/17

Aldermen Experience The Tough Job Of Firefighting

Some Chicago aldermen got a chance to walk a mile in the shoes of firefighters Thursday.

CBS Chicago–2011/08/12

McCarthy: Police Already Preparing For G8 Summit

Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy says he is wasting no time in preparing his police force for next year’s G8 and NATO summits.

CBS Chicago–2011/07/15

Child Care Workers Must Take SUID, SIDS Prevention Training

Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday signed legislation that aims to increase the safety of infant and newborn.

2011/07/06

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