I came across a Web site than was gathering “signatures” on a petition protesting what someone claimed was the abuse police dogs in Peoria. The petition writer claimed:
The officer in charge of the K9 at the Peoria, IL police department does not seem to have any regard to the safety and well being of his [...]

Tuesday’s Peoria City Council meeting will either be very long, or very short. The agenda (printed below the jump) is very long. But there are 30 items on the consent agenda, which can be approved with one vote (although typically five or six items are taken out for discussion). There are no special presentations. There [...]

That’s announcement that was made at the end of tonight’s meeting of the Peoria School District 150 Board of Education. The subject of the assembly was not released, and will be revealed by the City of Peoria at a press conference scheduled for 1 p.m,. tomorrow at Peoria Police Headquarters at the corner of Walnut [...]

Don Jackson is staging some sort of protest next weekend over tickets issued to Manual High School students (as well as students at other schools) for jaywalking. It seems that Peoria School District 150 called the City of Peoria for help dealing with groups of students walking down the middle of the road and intimidating [...]

B.J. Stone notes that he keeps seeing Peoria Police officers routinely disobeying traffic laws:
Now, how can those of us who are frustrated daily by terrible drivers that do not properly signal and properly change lanes expect those faults to be corrected when the guys who can write the citations can’t even follow the rules? This [...]

More news from the East Bluff Peoria Yahoo! Group:
Representative Schock, Peoria Police Sgt Mike Eddlemon (Supervisor of the Problem Oriented Policing Teams), and Councilman Bob Manning will discuss state and local issues important to our community.
Date: Thursday, November 10th Time: 7:30 to 9:30 am Location: Prince of Peace Church, 711 E Arcadia Ave
For more information, [...]

This is a rumor my source says is confirmed: There’s a member of the Peoria Police Department that had or currently has an order of protection taken out against him by a domestic partner. The storys is that this officer, upon learning that the OOP was going to be filed against him, ran out and [...]

Police made four new arrests this month for soliciting prostitutes, according to the Peoria Police Department Website.
They are:
• Ronald E. Bragg, 19, of North Renwood in Peoria. He was busted Friday in the 12000 block of Northeast Madison.
• Eugene R. Gasper, 63, of Tremont. He was busted Monday in the 1200 block of Northeast Madison.
• [...]

There hasn’t been a single new name added to the Peoria Police Department’s infamous Web site in two weeks. Either they’ve stopped trying to make arrests (doubtful, considering Chief Steve Settingsgaard’s zeal) or the johns have been scared away.
So where are the prostitutes going to make a living?
East Peoria.
Seriously.
A family friend says he was grabbing [...]