North Suburban Police Departments Honor Dallas Officers

In the wake of Thursday's shootings in Dallas that left five police officers dead, North Shore and other northern suburban police departments showed their support for the victims, as well as their colleagues in law enforcement Friday.

Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steven Casstevens, president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, asked for officers across the state to wear black bands around their badges until the funerals of the Dallas police officers who were killed Thursday.

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"These officers died while protecting and facilitating our nation’s bedrock principles—freedom of speech and, ironically, the freedom to assemble peaceably," Casstevens wrote in a statement Friday. "Yesterday these officers left home to protect their fellow citizens, and tragically, they never returned to their families."

Here's how other suburban police departments responded to Thursday's tragedy:

Arlington Heights Police Department

Deerfield Police Department

Evanston Police Department

Glenview Police Department

Lake Forest Police Department

Norridge Police Department

Skokie Police Department

PHOTO: Niles police officers will be wearing black bands on their badges in honor of the five Dallas officers who were killed Thursday. (Niles Police Department via Facebook)

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