Overview
- Mayor Katrina Thompson’s emergency order keeps village board sessions remote until she deems threats no longer imminent, with public access provided via livestream and written comments read into the record.
- Officials cite a Sept. 4 telephone bomb threat to Village Hall and an Oct. 13 death threat against the mayor, with the FBI notified about the latter.
- Police reported 21 arrests during Nov. 14 protests near the ICE processing center, where two Broadview officers, an Illinois State Police trooper, and a Cook County sheriff’s deputy were injured.
- The designated protest area on Beach Street will expand Wednesday to include a temporarily closed stretch between Lexington Avenue and a commercial lot entrance, aiming to improve safety while preserving business access to the south.
- A unified command of local, county, and state agencies continues crowd-control operations as demonstrations persist, with officials noting thousands have protested in recent weeks and some federal personnel redeployed to a Charlotte operation while Midway Blitz continues.