Chicago Police Department

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Release of Police Documents Imminent

Jamie Kalven | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Bond v. Utreras, Government Secrecy, Mayor Daley, Mara Georges, Jody Weis, Joan Lefkow, Chicago Police Department, Government Transparency, Chicago Police Misconduct, Civil Rights, Chicago News

The city believes its power to impose secrecy should be unlimited and beyond scrutiny, that it should be the sole arbiter of what is and is not public information.

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

Chicago Tribune | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Chicago Gang Fight, Chicago Gangs, Gang Violence, Chicago Police, Chicago News

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

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Cops Crack Down On Women Driving Drunk

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 09.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Drunk Driving, Women Drunk Driving, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News

Over the past decade, DUI arrests of female drivers have shot up in Chicago, as well as across Illinois and the nation, new government figures show. ...

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Mary Mitchell: Linking North Side Policing to South and West Side Crime

Tracy Siska | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Violence, Mary Mitchell, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Crime, North Side Attacks, Lincoln Park Muggings, Jody Weis, Chicago Police Beat Realignemnt, Phil Cline, Chicago News

The differences between crime rates for different areas of the city have deep social roots. You cannot expect communities that have been all but written off to not struggle with violence.

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Police Chief Defends Spotlight On Lincoln Park Muggings

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 09.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: North Side Muggings, Lincoln Park Muggings, Lakeview Attacks, Chicago Violence, Jody Weis, Chicago Police Department, Lincoln Park Attacks, Chicago News

Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis denied Thursday that the media spotlight on muggings in Lincoln Park and Lake View has turned up the political...

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Murder Rate Down 11 Percent: Police

Chicago Sun-Times | STEFANO ESPOSITO | Posted 09.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Jody Weis, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Murder Rate, Chicago Homicides, Chicago Murders, Chicago News

Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis on Friday hailed an 11 percent drop in homicides and a 9 percent dip in all crimes during the first seven months of 200...

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Protecting President Obama's Chicago Home Costs City At Least $2.2 Million

Chicago Tribune | Annie Sweeney | Posted 08.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Chicago Home Secrurity, Barack Obama Chicago Home, Chicago Police Department, Barack Obama, Obama Hyde Park, Obama Kenwood, Chicago News

The Chicago Police Department has spent at least $2.2 million to secure President Barack Obama's Kenwood residence since he was elected in November, a...

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3 Years Probation For Teen Cop Impersonator

Chicago Tribune | Matthew Walberg | Posted 08.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Teen Cop, Chicago Police Department, Teen Cop Impersonator, Chicago News

A 15-year-old boy who earlier this year fooled Chicago police officers into believing he was one of their own will spend three years on probation afte...

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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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Daley: City Wants $106M From Feds To Hire 400 New Cops

ABC 7 | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Mayor Daley, Chicago Police Hiring, Daley Police, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley says Chicago will ask the federal government for money to hire more police officers....

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Protesters Rally As 1968 Democratic Convention Riot Police Hold Reunion

Chicago Tribune | Lauren R. Harrison | Posted 07.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Police Riots, 1968 Democratic National Convention, Police Brutality, Chicago Copwatch, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police Riots Reunion, 1968 Democratic Convention Riots, Chicago Police Riots, Chicago News

More than 70 people gathered on the Near West Side Friday night to protest a reunion of Chicago police officers who served during demonstrations at th...

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Weis Wants To Hire 150 More Cops With Federal Grant Money

Chicago Sun-Times | Annie Sweeney | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Jody Weis, Chicago Police Department, Cpd Hiring, Chicago Police Officers, Chicago News

Chicago Police officials are hoping to hire up to 150 officers this year with federal grant money, Supt. Jody Weis said Tuesday....

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Man Allegedly Framed For Murder By Cop Awarded $21M

Chicago Sun-Times | FRANK MAIN AND ANNIE SWEENEY | Posted 07.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Juan Johnson, Wrongful Convictions, Juan Johnson Settlement, Reynaldo Guevara, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News

A federal jury has awarded $21 million to a man who sued a former Chicago Police officer, accusing the officer of framing him for murder, authorities ...

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Pictures Of On-Duty Cops Posing With Women Outside Clubs Leaked To Fox

Fox Chicago | Posted 07.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Chicago Cop Photos, Scott Waguespack, Chicago News

The photos are from a frustrated club worker who says some officers have been slow to respond to his calls and he believes these pictures show why. ...

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Cop Gets 40 Months For Beating Man In Wheelchair (WATCH SURVEILLANCE VIDEO)

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 07.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Misconduct, William Cozzi, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Cop Wheelchair Beating, William Cozzi Beating @Espn, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago police officer caught on video beating a stabbing victim who was handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair was sentenced Thurs...

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Chicago Police Officer Charged In Sex Assault Of Underage Girl

AP | Posted 07.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Cook County State's Attorney, Cop Sex Assault, Chicago Police Sexual Assault, William Greenwood, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Authorities say a Chicago police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting an underage family member. Forty-three-year-old Wi...

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City Planning Summer Police Surge

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 07.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Chicago Crime, Summer Crime Surge, Chicago Summer Violence, Chicago News

The Chicago Police Department will flood the streets with police officers to prevent the traditional summer crime surge -- even though slower than exp...

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Two Charged In Murder Of Chicago Cop Alejandro Valadez (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 07.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Video, Kevin Walker, Alex Valadez, Alejandro Valadez, Chicago Police Department, Cop Shooting Suspects, Chicago Police Shooting, Shawn Gaston, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Two men have been charged in the shooting death of a plainclothes Chicago police officer as he investigated reports of gunfire on the ...

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ANTHONY ABBATE GUILTY: Cop Found Guilty Of Aggravated Battery In Videotaped Bartender Beating (WATCH BEATING)

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 07.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Police Brutality, Chicago Police Department, Anthony Abbate, Karolina Obrycka, Cop Bartender Beating, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A hulking Chicago police officer who claimed he pummeled a female bartender half his size because he thought he was in danger was foun...

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Two Men In Custody In Fatal Shooting Of Police Officer Alejandro 'Alex' Valadez

NBC Chicago | Peggy Cassidy | Posted 07.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Alex Valadez, Alejandro Valadez, Chicago Police Shooting, Alejandro Valadez Shooting Suspects, Chicago News

Two men were arrested in the killing of Chicago Police Officer Alejandro Valadez early Monday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side....

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Police Officer Alejandro 'Alex' Valadez Dies After Being Shot In The Head While On Duty

AP | Posted 07.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Englewood Cop Shooting, Chicago Police Shooting, Chicago News

UPDATE 5:55 P.M. CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago police today identified 27-year-old Alejandro "Alex" Valadez as the plainclothes officer who was shot and ki...

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Family Of Boy Killed In Hit And Run Asks Why Cops Not At Funeral

Chicago Tribune | Noreen Ahmed-Ullah | Posted 07.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Richard Bolling, Trenton Booker, Cop Hit and Run, Chicago News

At the funeral this morning for 13-year-old Trenton Booker, who was killed on his bicycle allegedly by an off-duty Chicago police officer in a hit-and...

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Anthony Abbate Trial: Cop Charged In Bartender Beating Heads To Court (WATCH SURVEILLANCE VIDEO)

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 07.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Video, Cop Bartender Beating Video, Cop Bartender Beating, Police Brutality, Anthony Abbate, Chicago Police Department, Karolina Obrycka, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A hulking Chicago police officer who bragged about the size of his muscles got tossed around "like a rag doll" by a female bartender h...

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Daley Calls For Investigation Into Hit And Run Cop Breathalyzer Lag

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 06.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Trenton Booker, Richard Bolling, Richard Bolling Breathalyzer, Cop Hit and Run, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

The four-hour delay in administering a Breathalyzer test to an-off-duty Chicago Police officer involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident that killed a ...

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Police Waited Nearly 4 Hours To Give Breathalyzer To Cop Suspected In Fatal Hit And Run

Chicago Sun-Times | LISA DONOVAN | Posted 06.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Trenton Booker, Richard Bolling, Richard Bolling Breathalyzer, Cop Hit and Run, Chicago News

About four hours lapsed between Chicago Police arresting a fellow officer in a deadly weekend crash and the administration of a Breathalyzer test to d...

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