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Aug 14, 2024 - "Unrestrained and indiscriminate police violence" plagued the Democratic convention decades ago. The Walker Report shows how to prevent modern chaos.

Dec 5, 2025 - The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.

New legislation from Illinois' state capital wants to change the way police misconduct is handled.

Lowell Houser, a 28-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday for fatally shooting and killing an unarmed...

Chicago police seek 2 suspects who burglarized 3 NW side businesses

Feb 27, 2023 - In the upcoming Feb. 28 election featuring a tense mayoral contest between incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot and an array of formidable challengers, Chicagoans...

The Chicago Public School district made the decision to not have uninformed Chicago police officers (or School Resource Officers) return to its high schools...

Chicago Police Officer Ella French, who was fatally shot during a traffic stop in West Englewood, had been on the job since 2018.

Chicago's former police chief says he was the fall guy for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration.

A police chase linked to a reported shooting came to a sudden and violent end when the vehicle rolled over on the expressway, throwing three suspects onto the...

Police "treat us like savages," said spokesman for family of Paul O'Neal, who was killed by CPD officers last week

"You know, you can't be too careful," Chance the Rapper said during his live stream.

The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in unknown condition.

Jun 7, 2011 - The Chicago Reader reports on a recent appearance by incoming Chicago Chief of Police Garry McCarthy before a group of aldermen,...

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Kierra Coles was nearly three months pregnant when she vanished in 2018, and her family is still looking for her.

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K9 Nikan remained a beloved member of the Hansen family after he retired in 2022, Indiana State Police said.

This case is not over, Chicago police are assuring the press and anyone incensed over how actor Juss

Schaumburg, Illinois police say a man was arrested after driving a car through a mall in a suburban Chicago neighborhood. The incident, documented in a video...

A Chicago man was repeatedly shocked with a stun gun and arrested on board an American Airlines flight in Miami, after he allegedly touched another passenger...

Figure is up from 29 in January 2015; also, numbers of shootings and shooting victims both more than double

Jan 8, 2026 - Dive deeper through articles related to ChicagoPoliceDepartment on Flipboard. We've gathered the most recent stories, collections, and more on...

An expert says the officers could have fired their guns in the incident on DuSable Lake Shore Drive at Chicago Avenue, but chose not to. CBS 2's Jermont Terry...

A Detroit woman has been charged for robbing a Livonia bank last month.

Attend this live webinar on Wednesday, March 25th to hear how the Chicago Police Department(CPD)is responding to the COVID-19 crisis by creating a dashboard...

Eventually deemed to be a design class prototype, the rolling noodle can was apparently mistaken for some type of bomb.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday announced that she has directed the city Law Department to drop its lawsuit against the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police...

The Central District is the latest to get one of the department's so-called "strategic decision support centers," (SDSCs) which are now in place in 21 of the...

Mar 27, 2025 - A 26-minute videotape, which was sent anonymously to the Sun-Times last week, shows Kelly performing various sex acts with an underage girl.

Another Chicago Police officer was shot on the job, this time he was struck by a bullet in his protective vest Tuesday morning on the South Side.

A Chicago teenager was shot and killed on Tuesday by two males armed with handguns who fled after committing the crime, according to police.

Dec 9, 2025 - Traffic stop data reported to state regulators by Chicago police are missing thousands of stops that ended in gun-possession arrests.

The private ceremony took place at Bradley-Bourbonnais High School Friday morning. Sergeant Rittmanic was shot and killed while responding to a call at the...

Oct 10, 2025 - A massive civil rights violation right in front of our eyes.

The owner of a home that was the site of a large house party which violated social distancing guideline over the weekend on the Northwest Side has been cited...

Aug 16, 2020 - Help us document the recent protests in Chicago.

Dave Case is dedicated to telling compelling stories based on his 31-year career in Chicago law enforcement and his passion for Western fiction.

ACLU report also finds pedestrian stops disproportionately aimed at minority residents...

Blame shifting and a lack of political accountability perpetuate problems with police, education, and even water.

Aug 26, 2024 - Chicago police are required by law to report every traffic stop. But a new investigation found one-third of traffic stops went unreported.

The lawsuit claims Jones was "treated more severely and held to a higher standard of performance" than the village's White and Hispanic department heads.

Poor police data will make it difficult for Chicago to effectively tackle the missing persons issue, experts say.

Jury selection began Wednesday in a case that amplified a rift between police and the African-American community.

An 84-year-old woman's death in a traffic collision involving two Chicago police vehicles last month was a direct result of both a lack of officer training and...

Aug 21, 2025 - We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or...

Police in Rosemont have issued a nationwide arrest warrant for a teenage suspect in a shooting that left a man dead and a 15-year-old girl wounded at the...

The city's inspector general recommended that 10 officers be fired in connection with the 2014 killing of 17-year-old McDonald. Several of those officers have...

We use data from the Chicago Inmate Survey (CIS) to analyze the potential value that gunshot-victim cooperation could have for increasing arrest rates.

Chicago police raise safety concerns over new policy; Matt Finn reports.

Chicago detectives are trying to identify the men captured on CTA security cameras kicking the windows of a Green Line train. The incident happened earlier...

Chicago Police Scanner: Chicagoland police radio scanner information, including aggregation from social media reports.

Aug 21, 2025 - The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police...

G8/NATO protests "that are almost certain to be countered with excessive police force will be illegal to record"

For the third day in a row, demonstrators hit the streets of Chicago to protest the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Paul O'Neal

An open letter cosigned by Linda Sarsour and other left-wing activists accuses the Chicago Police Department of fabricating the charge that actor Jussie...

Twitter is refusing to remove or attach a warning to a doctored image that purports to show a Chicago Police Department (CPD) tweet that states, "We are all...

A Chicago student has been arrested after she brought a gun to her high school, police say.

Police officers saw an SUV speeding and pulled it over in the 6700 block of South Ashland Avenue. During the stop, the man got back in the vehicle and drove...

A 13-year-old girl driving a stolen minivan was arrested early Sunday after leading police officers in eastern Iowa on a late-night chase with speeds exceeding...

Police said there was an exchange of gunfire between the attempted robbers and the victim, a concealed carry license holder.

Chicago says city will file civil lawsuit against actor Jussie Smollett after he refuses to pay for investigation costs.