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CPD Vows To Issue Missing Person Alerts More Often

Posted 12.08.2009 | Chicago

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The Chicago Police Department has vowed to issue missing person alerts to the press more often, and it is already holding true to that promise, with s...

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New Gun Law In Honor Of Slain Chicago Police Officer Alejandro Valadez

cbs2chicago.com | Posted 12.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Governor Quinn, Gun Laws, Chicago Police Department, Alejandro Valadez, Chicago Gun Laws, Mayor Daley, Chicago, Chicago News

Mayor Daley and Governor Quinn, on Thursday morning, signed new legislation targeting gang members. The new law is named in honor of Chicago Police Of...

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Aldermen Question Proposed Police Discipline Changes

Chicago Current | Geoff Dougherty | Posted 12.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Board Discipline, Chicago Police Board, Chicago Police Department, Cpd, Chicago Police, Chicago News

Advocates of a new ordinance that would require more transparency in police disciplinary decisions received a tepid response and some tough questionin...

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Ex-Cop Michael Allegretti Fired From City Job After Two Weeks

Chicago Sun-Times | FRANK MAIN AND FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago

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A disgraced former Chicago Police officer recently was hired by the city to work as a $37,620-a-year field supervisor for parking enforcement....

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Police Board Overhaul Ahead

nbcchicago.com | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council Vote on Police Board Reform, Chicago City Council, Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Chicago News

The city council is expected to vote on a reform ordinance that would force the board to explain its decisions in writing - namely, its perplexing un...

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Chicago Cops Punished For Posed Photo With Cuffed G-20 Summit Suspect

AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police Misconduct, Chicago Police Pittsburgh, G20 Chicago Police, g20 Police, G20 Protests, G20 Summit, Kyle Kramer, Police Misconduct, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A Chicago police spokesman says two high-ranking officers have been reprimanded after a video surfaced that showed officers posing wit...

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Cop Charged With Stealing Over $600,000 From Police Fund

Chicago Sun-Times | Frank Main | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Sergeants' Association, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police Theft, Chicago Police Embezzlement, John Pallohusky, Chicago News

The president of the Chicago Police Sergeants' Association was charged Friday wth using his fellow sergeants' union dues as his own personal piggybank...

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Northbrook Police's Gun Giveaway Program Under Fire

Ellen Gill | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Suburbs, Gun Laws, Chicago Suburbs, Chicago, Northbrook, Chicago Tribune, Gun Control, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News
Ellen Gill

Many residents of Northbrook and the surrounding suburbs are upset about the gun giveaway because it will put more weapons in our neighborhood.

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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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Court Tossing Challenged Speeding Tickets Over Faulty Radar Guns

Chicago Sun-Times | MARK BROWN | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Speeding Tickets, Cook County Speeding Tickets, Lidar, Chicago Police Department Lidar, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News

It was with some fanfare that the Chicago Police Department announced three years ago that all city police districts were being supplied with high-tec...

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Cop Accused Of Writing False DUI Tickets Has Charges Dismissed

ABC 7 | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: John Haleas, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police, Chicago Police Misconduct, Chicago News

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

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City Asking Police, Firefighters To Take Furloughs

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick and John Byrne | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley Budget, Chicago Furlough Days, Police Furloughs, Chicago Fire Department, Mayor Daley, Chicago Budget, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley and some aldermen suggested today that police officers and firefighters take off nearly five weeks without pay to cut city spendin...

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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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CPD 2,000 Officers Short Of Full Strength

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

Read More: Chicago Police Vacancies, O'Hare, Chicago Police Department, O'hare Police Shortage, Chicago Police Shortage, Chicago Police, Chicago News

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...

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Aldermen Threaten To Reject Big Pay Raises For Cops

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

Read More: Chicago Police Raises, Chicago City Council, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Budget, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police, Chicago News

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...

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New Policy Advises Cops To Taser People In The Back

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

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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....

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Police Union Holding Fundraiser For Cop Charged With DUI Homicide

Fox Chicago | Larry Yellen | Posted 10.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Joseph Frugoli Party, Joseph Frugoli, Andrew Cazares, Chicago Police Department, Fausto Manzera, Chicago Police Misconduct, Chicago News

There were angry protests last Spring when Chicago police detective Joseph Frugoli was released on bond. ...

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Daley: City Too Broke To Fill All 591 Police Vacancies

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

Read More: Chicago Police Vacancies, Chicago Police Shortage, Chicago Police, Chicago Police Department, Mayor Daley, Daley Police, Chicago Budget, Chicago News

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

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G-20 Police Investigated Over Picture With Handcuffed Student (WATCH)

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO - (AP) The Chicago Police Department is investigating several of its officers accused of forcing a college student they arrested during last m...

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Supreme Court Hearing Chicago Police Car Seizure Policy

Chicago Public Radio | Rob Wildeboer | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago

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Today the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to review the way the city of Chicago seizes and impounds cars. ...

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Yes, Institutional Violence Does Exist and It Exacerbates Youth Violence

Tracy Siska | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Violence, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Crime, Youth Violence, Vice Lords, Illinois Charter Schools, Chicago Education Reform, Chicago School Reform, Collins High School, North Lawndale, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News
Tracy Siska

Who in their right mind thought it would be a good educational decision to move black kids from 95% black North Lawndale to Little Village High School in a 95% Latino community? Racial violence was predictable if not guaranteed.

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Chicago Police Stonewall on Rape Investigations

Sarah Tofte | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

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Sarah Tofte

Every year in the U.S, over 200,000 people report they have been raped. Many submit to an invasive DNA collection, so they can convict their attacker. But thousands of these DNA samples go untested.

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Chicago Police Corruption: More Cops Plead Guilty In SOS Probe

Chicago Sun-Times | RUMMANA HUSSAIN | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago

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

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Obama's Chicago Home Losing Police Protection

Huffington Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

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The Chicago Police Department is pulling its overtime detail that guards President Barack Obama's Kenwood home on Oct. 1, department officials announc...

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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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