For the second year in a row, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is proposing the state spend tens of millions of dollars on a witness protection program that went unfunded for the first nine years of its existence.

FLINT, MI – The city is hoping to put federal relief funds toward a program that would keep witnesses at risk of being harmed during criminal matters safe during pending court processes. Flint Mayor ...

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden is hopeful a new witness protection program will help his department solve violent crimes by encouraging more people come forward. Some of the city’s ...

A highly-secretive program, the United States Federal Witness Protection Program protects witnesses before, during, and after a criminal trial. Also called the Witness Security Program (WITSEC), the ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Operation Bold Blue Line on Monday. Right now, the Commonwealth doesn’t have a funded Witness Protection Program. “There is really nothing else that ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — In just six days, the $1 million budgeted for Virginia’s witness protection program kicks in. The Commonwealth has had a program on the books since 1994, but never the funding ...

A bipartisan General Assembly took an important step to fight crime in our communities last year by finally funding a witness protection program in Virginia. The budget agreement approved in September ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — For the second year in a row, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is proposing the state spend tens of millions of dollars on a ...