Editing Markham, Illinois (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Police department===
The Markam Police Department is responsible for public safety and law enforcement.

Anthony "Tony" DeBois, the deputy police chief from 2008 to 2012 and described as an "ally of Markham Mayor David Webb Jr." by the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', had been the subject to numerous lawsuits alleging [[police brutality|brutality]] and misconduct from 2004 to 2011.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2010-08-13-ct-met-markham-deputy-chief-0811-20100813-story.html <!-- former url  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/ct-met-markham-deputy-chief-0811-20100813,0,5467847.story --> | title = Markham deputy chief no stranger to lawsuits | date = 2010-08-13 | last = Schmadeke | first = Steve | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154412/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-08-13/news/ct-met-markham-deputy-chief-0811-20100813_1_deputy-police-lawsuits-raids | archive-date = 2016-03-05 | url-status = live | access-date = 2019-07-11 }}</ref><ref name="nbc-markam">{{cite news | url = https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/markham-deputy-chief-anthony-debois-254561681.html | title = Former Markham Cop Sentenced to 5 Years for Lying to FBI | date = 2014-04-09 | work = [[WMAQ-TV|nbcchicago.com]] | location = Chicago | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160617000534/http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/markham-deputy-chief-anthony-debois-254561681.html | archive-date = 2016-06-17 | url-status = live | access-date = 2019-07-11 }}</ref>  In 2014 he was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for raping a woman under arrest in 2010 and lying about it to the FBI in 2012.<ref name="nbc-markam"/><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2014-04-09-chi-former-markham-deputy-police-chief-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-20140409-story.html | title = 5 years for ex-Markham deputy police chief who had sex with detainee | date = 2014-04-09 | first = Steve | last = Schmadeke | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190712004341/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2014-04-09-chi-former-markham-deputy-police-chief-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-20140409-story.html | archive-date = 2019-07-12 | url-status = live | access-date = 2019-07-11 }}</ref>

===Transportation===
[[Pace (transit)|Pace]] provides bus service on multiple routes connecting Markham to destinations across the [[Chicago Southland|Southland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtachicago.org/uploads/files/general/RTA-System-Map.pdf|title=RTA System Map|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>