by Check CU | Jan 8, 2024 | Latest Articles
Custom Champaign Police Department graphics created by Zach Royce for the Grand Theft Auto video game The Champaign, Illinois Police Department was not happy when they saw images from the popular video game Grand Theft Auto showing squad cars and police officers...
by Check CU | Jan 8, 2024 | Latest Articles
Champaign, Illinois Police officers stand with the Mayor and City Council after being sworn in The City of Champaign is paying out yet again to settle a lawsuit related to unlawfully denied public records. Check CU filed the lawsuit in April of 2022 when the...
by Check CU | Mar 17, 2023 | Latest Articles
A screenshot of the Illinois Documents website, where hundreds of Central Illinois public officials are listed in a single directory In recognition of Sunshine Week, Check CU would like to draw attention to some Central Illinois resources that make public records and...
by Check CU | Mar 12, 2023 | Latest Articles
Urbana, Illinois Police Officer Eric Ruff is frequently quick to violence when interacting with residents Another use of force incident by Urbana Police seems to show that officers are ready to draw their guns for almost any type of call, even when there is no...
by Check CU | Mar 10, 2023 | Latest Articles
This is the moment that University of Illinois Police Officer Kiel Cotter learned that he was going to Champaign County jail for his crimes A few brave college students did what the University of Illinois Police Training Institute failed to do: screen police trainees...
by Check CU | Mar 9, 2023 | Latest Articles
Urbana and University of Illinois Police were quick to use excessive force against a group of teens trying to sneak out on a Christmas night. The incident occurred in 2018 when a resident called police, reporting seeing what they thought was suspicious activity...
by Check CU | Apr 12, 2022 | Latest Articles
Police Chief finalist Angela Coonce (right) speaks to members of the public at an open house on March 29th. Amber Oberheim (left) presses Coonce on distinctions between short-term and long-term solutions to increasing gun crime. Mrs. Oberheim’s husband, a...
by Check CU | Apr 8, 2022 | Latest Articles
(Champaign, Illinois City Building – Photo by ILDocs.com) On March 21st, 2022 Check CU asked the City of Champaign, Illinois to provide copies of complaints submitted against police officers in 2021 and 2022. Three days later, City Clerk Shannon Myers fully...
by Check CU | Apr 8, 2022 | Latest Articles
Champaign Police Officers Kevin Olmstead (left) and Bruce Ramseyer (right) at the January 8th, 2020 meeting of the Citizen Review Subcommittee meeting. On that date, Ramseyer passed his police complaint review responsibilities over to Olmstead. Check CU recently...
by Check CU | Apr 8, 2022 | Latest Articles
On March 21st, 2022 Check CU Founder Christopher Hansen asked the City of Champaign, Illinois to provide copies of complaints submitted against police officers in 2021 and 2022. Three days later, City Clerk Shannon Myers fully denied the request. Myers claimed...
by Check CU | Apr 3, 2022 | Latest Articles
On March 29th, Check CU published an article about the City of Champaign, Illinois hiring private security to patrol their downtown area. The City’s Request for Proposals (RFP) describes issues such as noise, trash, loitering, fights, and shootings. On...
by Check CU | Apr 2, 2022 | Latest Articles
From left to right: Champaign Officer Dillon Holloway, Sgt. Kaitlin Fisher, University of Illinois Officer Kennedy Hartman Sergeant Kaitlin Fisher of the Champaign, Illinois Police Department recently expressed her feelings for a significant portion of the populace...
by Check CU | Apr 2, 2022 | Latest Articles
The scene outside of the Red Lion bar in Champaign, Illinois shortly after an altercation between a bar employee and a patron resulted in “significant injuries” on March 5th, 2022. Check CU has acquired nearly an hour of police body camera video from the...
by Check CU | Mar 29, 2022 | Latest Articles
The City of Champaign, Illinois recently posted a Request for Proposals (RFP) on their website seeking private firms to patrol the downtown area during weekends and events. From the thirty-six page proposal document (provided in full below): 2.1 Services Summary: The...
by Check CU | Mar 26, 2022 | Latest Articles
The City of Champaign, Illinois is advising use of force training for bar staff who were involved in an incident which resulted in a young woman leaving in an ambulance on March 5th. Deputy City Manager Matt Roeschley, Lieutenant Andre Davis, and Assistant City...
by Check CU | Mar 26, 2022 | Latest Articles
The three finalists for the City of Champaign, Illinois Police Chief position: Angela Coonce, Timothy Tyler, Bryce Johnson Champaign, Illinois staff have invited the public to attend an open house on March 29th at 7pm to meet the three finalists chosen to compete for...
by Check CU | Mar 25, 2022 | Latest Articles
Check CU has acquired security camera footage of an incident which occurred at the Red Lion bar in Champaign, Illinois. An altercation which occurred around 2am on March 5th, 2022 between a patron and a Red Lion staff member resulted in a young woman leaving the...
by Check CU | Mar 25, 2022 | Latest Articles
On March 9th Interim Police Chief Thomas Petrilli spoke briefly about an incident that occurred at the Red Lion bar in Champaign, Illinois which left a young woman injured and unconscious on the pavement outside of the bar. Petrilli said “it was a rather minor...
by Check CU | Mar 9, 2022 | Latest Articles
The Red Lion Bar in Champaign, Illinois. Two security cameras appear to cover the area directly in front of the entrance where a young woman was rendered unconscious after an alleged encounter with bar security. A disturbing video posted on YouTube three days...
by Check CU | Mar 1, 2022 | Latest Articles
Champaign Police Department Command staff on March 11th, 2020. Three of the four officers have since left the department. The Champaign, Illinois City Council granted a hefty bonus to their police officers at this evening’s City Council meeting. Upon the...
