Chicago Police

Cop Accused Of Writing False DUI Tickets Has Charges Dismissed

ABC 7 | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago


An indictment has been dismissed against a Chicago police officer accused of writing numerous false drunk driving tickets. ...

Police Misconduct Claims Jump 19 Percent

Chicago Tribune | David Heinzmann | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago


Over the last year, misconduct complaints against Chicago police officers have increased by nearly 19 percent, according to the city agency that inves...

Police Board Often Blocks Firing Cops For Misconduct: Study

Chicago Public Radio | Rob Wildeboer | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago


When Chicago's Police Superintendent wants to fire an officer for misconduct he has to get approval from the Chicago Police Board....

CPD 2,000 Officers Short Of Full Strength

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago


Heading into year No. 2 of a hiring slowdown, the Chicago Police Department is now nearly 2,000 officers short of its authorized strength of 13,500, c...

Aldermen Threaten To Reject Big Pay Raises For Cops

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago


If an independent arbitrator awards double-digit pay hikes to Chicago Police officers, there's a good chance the City Council will reject it, some ald...

NU Student's Sex Assault Story In Doubt: Police

Chicago Tribune | William Lee and Andrew Wang | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago


Chicago police this afternoon said a report by a female Northwestern University student claiming that she was forced off a Chicago Transit Authority t...

New Policy Advises Cops To Taser People In The Back

Chicago Sun-Times | FRANK MAIN | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago


Shoot them in the back. That's the Chicago Police Department's new training directive for officers who need to use a Taser to subdue someone....

Marijuana Raid: Cops Seize 334 Plants Worth Estimated $20,000

Huffington Post | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago


Chicago Police seized 334 marijuana plants worth an estimated $20,000 after executing a search warrant at a Northwest Side apartment Tuesday night. ...

Daley: City Too Broke To Fill All 591 Police Vacancies

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago


After hiring only 46 Chicago Police officers all year, Mayor Daley acknowledged Monday that the slowdown would continue in 2010, dramatically impactin...

Cop Accused Of Attacking CTA Bus Driver

STNG | Posted 09.16.2009 | Chicago


An off-duty Chicago Police officer is accused of assaulting a CTA bus driver last weekend after the driver cut him off while the officer rode his bicy...

Police Send 40 Squad Cars To Break Up Northwest Side Gang Fight

Chicago Tribune | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago


Chicago police quelled a large gang fight on a busy Northwest Side street early this morning....

Three Chicago Cops Cleared In Jefferson Tap Bar Beating (WATCH SURVEILLANCE VIDEO)

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.29.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — A judge found three Chicago police officers not guilty Tuesday of attacking two brothers in a tavern brawl caught on surveillance vide...

Over 1,000 South Side 911 Calls Go Unanswered

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.18.2009 | Chicago


More than 1,200 times last year, residents of the South Chicago and Gresham police districts called 911, and there was no car available to respond. I...

Prisoner of Cubs

Ted Goeglein | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago


Ted Goeglein

Like smoking, being a Cubs fan means committing oneself to something that starts out hot, burns out at the midpoint, and turns to ashes at the end.

Cops Probe Video Of Officer Aggressively Removing Bus Passenger (WATCH)

Chicago Tribune | Posted 03.21.2009 | Chicago


From the Chicago Tribune: The Independent Police Review Authority and Chicago police are looking into a video posted on the popular YouTube Web site ...

Illinois Wrongful Conviction Tab Tops $100 Million

Rob Warden | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago


Rob Warden

The only accountability has been the taxpayers' -- perhaps deservedly so, given that it is they who have tolerated, and continue to tolerate, widespread police and prosecutorial malfeasance.

Weis's Tunnel Vision: Looking Forward Will Only Doom C.P.D. to Repeat Past Mistakes

Tracy Siska | Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago


Tracy Siska

Judging from Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis's actions and words, it is clear he does not take into consideration the particular history of Chicago police-community relations when making decisions.

Cop Stole Money From Drug Dealers: Prosecutor

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago


A former Chicago police officer stole money from drug dealers as part of an agreement with his partner to make quick money, a federal prosecutor said...

The City's Massive Lawsuit Payments

Chicago Reader | Mike Dumke | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago


In January, after years of legal and political battles, the city agreed to pay $19.8 million to settle lawsuits by four men who were tortured by polic...

22 People Sue Chicago Police Over Alleged Election Night Abuse

Chicago Tribune | Angela Rozas | Posted 12.24.2008 | Chicago


Another lawsuit was filed in federal court accusing Chicago police of harassing people on Election Night, alleging that officers used pepper spray on ...

Chicago Police Shifting Gang-Fighting Tactics

Chicago Sun-Times | ANNIE SWEENEY | Posted 12.23.2008 | Chicago


Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis today announced a major restructuring of how cops will fight Chicago's street gang problem. Four-hundred officers will...

Obama Security Straining Police Department

Chicago Breaking News | November 15, 2008 at 10:36 AM | | Posted 12.16.2008 | Chicago


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Suits claim election-night abuse by Chicago police

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago


CHICAGO — A lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that while a huge Chicago crowd celebrated the election of the first black U.S. president, some white...

Off Duty Chicago Police Accused of Election Night Hate Crimes

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

Three unmarked police cars allegedly pulled up alongside them, and are reported to have pepper sprayed the youngsters.

Chicago Police, Burge And Current Interrogation Practices

Tracy Siska | Posted 11.27.2008 | Chicago


Tracy Siska

For all the bellowing about the fact that more should have been done twenty years ago to stop Burge, nothing is being done to stop the illegal and abusive tactics of today.