Chicago Cops Told Not to Respond When Federal Agents Were Surrounded – RedState– redstate.com

Chicago Cops Told Not to Respond When Federal Agents Were Surrounded – RedState– redstate.com
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We have reached a very dangerous level of political hackery. Dangerous, vitriolic rhetoric has been used by local political operatives in Illinois, and it has now taken a turn for the worse.

Bill Melugin and other sources are reporting that on October 4th, a CPD “Chief of Patrol” instructed his police officers not to respond when ICE/Border Patrol asked for help when they were under attack following a shooting. This type of order virtually never comes from the local precinct cops; that order comes from local politicians, either the mayor or possibly the governor would have given such an order.

NEW: Multiple law enforcement sources confirm to @FoxNews that Chicago police officers were instructed by their Chief of Patrol to NOT respond to Border Patrol agents call for help yesterday after they were reportedly surrounded by a large crowd of protesters following a ramming… pic.twitter.com/ipPl22Ya3I

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 5, 2025

And here is the audio of a dispatch operator telling cops not to respond.

BREAKING: 🚨 Dispatch audio CONFIRMS Chicago police were ORDERED not to assist Federal Agents that were cornered earlier today in Chicago.

Agents were ACTIVELY IN ROUTE when the order was given.

Dispatcher initially seemed slightly taken back by the order, but promptly… pic.twitter.com/0pRTyp7PxZ

— E X X ➠A L E R T S (@ExxAlerts) October 5, 2025

The Chief of Patrol who ordered the standdown is Jon Hein. It happened on Saturday.

One of the highest-ranking officers in the Chicago Police Department barred city cops from responding to calls for help from federal agents who reported being surrounded by a large crowd in Brighton Park on Saturday, according to CPD radio transmissions.

CPD Chief of Patrol Jon Hein ordered city officers to leave the area as tensions escalated following the shooting of a woman by Border Patrol agents, supervisors said in recorded radio traffic.