From Chicago looking to get into OTR trucking asap

Chicago, you're in luck.
FFE (Frozen Food Express) right there in Chicago has their own cdl school at Prairie State College. It's free to you if you agree to work for FFE 12 months, which is a good deal. This is a coast to coast & border to border refrigerated trucking company.

FFE's headquarters is in Dallas,TX and they have a terminal in Chicago, and other cities.
Those refrigerated outfits love drivers that like to run the roads and don't want to be home much.

 

I work for Veriha and they have their own school. I went there for a refresher.

Their home terminal is in Marinette, WI, but they do have a yard in Romeoville, IL that might work out for hometime or parking the truck.

https://www.veriha.com/wp/careers/cdl-truck-driving-school/

 

Okay Veriha does use in cab cameras facing both the road and the driver.

 

Check out Millis & Roehl, both go to the east coast but they do have midwest regional. Not sure about cameras but you have to start somewhere.

 

I was going to say roehl also. Train in your backyard in Gary and get paid while you train. You can always get into a dedicated accout that would mean no NY. I am not sure about cameras though, last i knew some trucks had them some did not. I am fairly certain millis does have cams.

 

I can relate. I did that to GTFO of the Upper Peninsula's horrible job market.

 

Closest school and terminal to you for Millis is Richfield, WI (just North of Milwaukee) but they have driver facing cameras.