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Mayor Rahm Emanuel officially announces the creation of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Chicago's new civilian oversight agency, at the South Shore Cultural Center on Sept. 15, 2017.

Aldermen say funding for new Chicago police oversight agency too low

May 23, 2019 at 12:06 a.m.

Chicago aldermen complained Wednesday that Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s recommended full-year budget for the new police oversight agency is too low, saying they believe it falls below the funding floor that...

Chicago confronts security challenge of Marathon and Cubs, Bears games days after Vegas massacre

June 30, 2019 at 3:35 a.m.

By all measures, the crowds expected to descend on Chicago over the next few days for three major sports events represent an enormous security challenge. On Sunday morning, as many...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced an advisory panel would pick the permanent COPA boss, a job his reform task force wanted to be handled by a community board.

Emanuel names ally to help find leader for police oversight agency

May 31, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday named a City Council ally to co-chair a panel charged with finding a permanent leader for the new police oversight agency, bucking a recommendation from...

New Chicago police graduates take the oath of office on Aug. 29, 2017.

Chicago police overtime monitored loosely and ripe for abuse, report finds

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department has failed to closely monitor its massive spending on officer overtime — a combined $575 million over the last six years — or take measures to...

Civilian Office of Police Accountability chief administrator Sharon Fairley is shown at the COPA office on Chicago Avenue in Chicago on Sept. 7, 2017.

Emanuel’s police oversight chief to run for attorney general, leaving leadership gap at new agency

May 15, 2019 at 4:31 p.m.

The head of Chicago's new police oversight agency has told Mayor Rahm Emanuel she intends to resign to run for Illinois attorney general, a move that would leave the organization...

Sharon Fairley, chief administrator for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, at the agency's office on Chicago Avenue in Chicago on Sept. 7, 2017.

Latest effort at accountability for Chicago police starts up Friday

May 22, 2019 at 11:55 p.m.

As Chicago's new police oversight agency prepared to begin operations, its chief administrator led a graduation ceremony for some 40 staffers newly trained in investigating alleged misconduct by officers. The...

A loaded taser lies on top of a table at the Chicago Police Education and Training Division.

City Council committee OKs record $9.5 million Taser injury payout

May 15, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

A record $9.5 million settlement for a man left paralyzed after being felled by a Taser-wielding Chicago police officer won approval Tuesday of a key City Council committee. The Finance...

Jeremiah Luckett, 25, has filed a lawsuit against Chicago police Officer Michael Wagner, who stunned him with a Taser in 2015. Luckett was photographed on April 3, 2017, outside his home in Chicago.

Chicago cops get more Tasers, but red flags remain

May 22, 2019 at 11:51 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department plans to own as many as 6,900 Tasers by the end of 2017, a ninefold increase from just two years ago and enough to give every...

Former Teamsters boss John Coli, right, and his attorney leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago following a hearing Aug. 17, 2017.

Sources: Feds made recordings at Cinespace Chicago studios in probe of Teamsters boss

May 22, 2019 at 11:49 p.m.

Federal authorities made secret recordings at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios as part of an investigation into a Teamsters union boss who last month was charged with extorting the business, the...

IPRA reopens investigation into fatal 2014 shooting by Chicago police

May 22, 2019 at 11:46 p.m.

Chicago police oversight authorities have reopened their investigation into a 2014 shooting by an officer, again digging into the past of a Police Department and disciplinary system seeking to shake...

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