Peoria Police Deparment

A Peoria Police Department spokesperson confirmed the male bus driver was cited by the department for running a red light.

Nearly two years after taking on the cost to fund a pre-assessment passed on by a divided city council, the Peoria City/County Health Department is searching for the first employees for the Cure Violence initiative.

As temperatures rise and the summer months get closer, there’s a lot happening at the Peoria Police Department.

It’s National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and to celebrate, the dispatchers manning the phones 24 hours a day at the Peoria Emergency Communications Center opened its doors to spotlight the technology and people making fast emergency response possible.

Peoria police are investigating after two people in vehicles, including a child, were grazed by bullets in a shooting incident.

The December meeting of the Safety Network, a group of community leaders, citizens and law enforcement working to reduce gun violence in Peoria, confirmed the Cure Violence program is still on track to implementation.

The September meeting of the Peoria Safety Network included a new position at the Peoria Police Department, an update on the status of the proposed Cure Violence assessment and brainstorming on potential programs to combat crime.

In a conversation with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon, Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria talks about the department’s progress in his first year as chief and his expectations for the years ahead.

A new bill plans to change how Peoria Police respond to behavioral crisis calls by adding mental health care workers to their emergency team. If it succeeds in Peoria, it has the possibility of becoming the standard statewide.

The death of a Peoria woman on Wednesday is now under investigation as a homicide, marking the city's 27th murder of the year.