Good afternoon, Chicago.

A Palatine police officer aided a federal enforcement action yesterday , local authorities said.

Just before noon, Palatine police officers observed three federal agents attempting to take a subject into custody after responding to a report of a disturbance in the northwest suburban village, the Palatine Police Department said in a news release. The department did not immediately say what agency the agents were from.

During the confrontation, a crowd of about 20 people had gathered, with “several individuals shouting obscenities and moving toward the arresting agents,” the department said. In turn, a Palatine officer positioned himself between the agents and the crowd “to ensure the safety of everyone involved and to maintain order at the scene,” the departmen

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