ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – A new training center could go a long way to ease staffing shortages for law enforcement agencies in and around Winnebago County.
In preparation for the construction, Congressman Darin LaHood, R-16th District, recently toured the county’s criminal justice facility, which will house the Winnebago County Regional Police Training Center.
LaHood, with help from 17th District Rep. Eric Sorensen and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, secured $847,000 from the federal government in 2024 to create the center…