An indictment has been dismissed against a Chicago police officer accused of writing numerous false drunk driving tickets. ...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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....
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. ...
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...
STNG | Posted 11.16.2009 | 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...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago
Chicago police quelled a large gang fight on a busy Northwest Side street early this morning....
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...
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...
Ted Goeglein | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago
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.
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 ...
Rob Warden | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago
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.
Tracy Siska | Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago
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.
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...
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...
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 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...
Chicago Breaking News | November 15, 2008 at 10:36 AM | | Posted 12.16.2008 | Chicago
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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...
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics
Three unmarked police cars allegedly pulled up alongside them, and are reported to have pepper sprayed the youngsters.
Tracy Siska | Posted 11.27.2008 | Chicago
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.
ABC 7 | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago