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Chicago Police Corruption

Court Keeps Cops' Disciplinary Records Sealed

Chicago Tribune | David Heinzmann | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Diane Bond, Chicago Police Complaint List, Chicago Police Department, Jamie Kalven, Chicago Police Corruption, Chicago Police Misconduct, Chicago News

A two-year legal battle to open up disciplinary records of Chicago police officers suffered a setback today when a panel of federal judges decided to ...

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Police Misconduct Claims Jump 19 Percent

Chicago Tribune | David Heinzmann | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Corruption, Chicago Police Misconduct Complaints, Chicago Police Misconduct, Chicago Police, Chicago News

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

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Police Board Often Blocks Firing Cops For Misconduct: Study

Chicago Public Radio | Rob Wildeboer | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Corruption, Chicago Police Misconduct, Chicago-Police-Board, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police, Chicago News

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

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Chicago Police Corruption: More Cops Plead Guilty In SOS Probe

Chicago Sun-Times | RUMMANA HUSSAIN | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Special Operations Section, Chicago Police Department, James McGovern, Chicago Police Corruption, Chicago Police Sos Unit, Chicago-Illinois, Frank Villareal, Jerome Finnigan, Chicago News

Two more former Chicago Police officers pleaded guilty this morning to charges related to the Special Operations Section corruption investigation....

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Jailed Corrupt Cop Still Draws $68,088 Pension

Chicago Sun-Times | TIM NOVAK | Posted 11.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, William Hanhardt, Chicago Police Misconduct, Chicago Police Corruption, Chicago News

He's one of the most crooked cops in Chicago history. William Hanhardt helped run a ring of mobbed-up jewel thieves -- while he was chief of detective...

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Former Elite Chicago Cops Headed To Jail After Admitting To Theft, Break-Ins

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police Corruption, Chicago Police Sos Unit, Chicago Police Special Operations Section, Crooked Cops, Donovan Markiewicz, Bart Maka, Brian Pratscher, Guadalupe Salinas, Jerome Finnigan, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Four former members of an now-disbanded Chicago police unit admitted Friday to taking part in a brazen scheme in which they barged int...

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Former Cops To Plead Guilty In Major Police Corruption Probe

Chicago Tribune | David Heinzmann | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Special Operations Section, Chicago Police Sos, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police Corruption, Chicago News

Four former Chicago police officers implicated in the Special Operations Section scandal have made deals to plead guilty in exchange for cooperating w...

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Judge Bemoans Corrupt Cops While Sentencing One

Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police Misconduct, Corrupt Cops, Richard Doroniuk, Chicago Police Corruption, Judge Robert Gettleman, Chicago News

An ex-Chicago cop was sentenced today to almost 11 years in prison for robbing drug dealers -- a case that prompted the judge to declare he's tired of...

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Cop Stole Money From Drug Dealers: Prosecutor

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

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Mike Shamah Drug Dealers, Chicago Police Corruption, Mike Shamah, Chicago Police, Mahmoud Shamah, Chicago News

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...

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