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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks at the Justice Department's 2017 African American History Month observation Feb. 28, 2017.

Concerns mount over Chicago cop reform as Sessions vows to ‘pull back’

May 15, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has sent the clearest signal yet that the Trump administration may not keep pressing reforms to policing in Chicago, sowing uncertainty as to how much change...

Prosecutors said that no criminal charges would be brought against officer Robert Rialmo who fatally shot a baseball bat-wielding teen and a mother in 2015.

Prosecutors pass on charging Chicago cop who fatally shot 2 people, 1 by mistake

May 22, 2019 at 11:04 p.m.

Cook County prosecutors passed on criminal charges Friday against a Chicago police officer who fatally shot a baseball-bat wielding teen and mistakenly killed the teen's neighbor, citing insufficient evidence that...

Firing recommended for Chicago cop for allegedly lying about fatal shooting

May 22, 2019 at 11:04 p.m.

Officer Raoul Mosqueda donned his dress uniform last week and joined Mayor Rahm Emanuel and top Chicago police officials at a graduation and promotion ceremony at Navy Pier. Mosqueda, a...

Chicago police set new advisory guidelines on discipline, but language criticized by DOJ appears

May 22, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department has enacted its first broad guidelines for discipline against officers who commit misconduct, taking a step to standardize punishments that experts have encouraged for years. Many...

Activists protest cop involved in fatal shooting preparing to train other police

May 22, 2019 at 11:01 p.m.

Activists gathered outside a South Side police station Monday to voice outrage that a Chicago police officer involved in a controversial 2011 shooting is now in training to mentor rookie...

Gloria Pinex displays pictures of her son Darius Pinex on Jan. 25, 2017, at her home in Chicago. Darius Pinex was shot and killed by Chicago police Officer Raoul Mosqueda on Jan. 7, 2011.

2 cops involved in controversial shootings to become training officers

May 22, 2019 at 11:00 p.m.

Following the U.S. Department of Justice's withering criticism of the Chicago Police Department's training efforts, top police officials have vowed to improve a field training program that matches rookies with...

Ex-top cop McCarthy says he’s unsure why he was subpoenaed in Jackson divorce

May 22, 2019 at 10:58 p.m.

Former Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said Thursday he had only a professional relationship with onetime Ald. Sandi Jackson and has no materials to provide in response to a subpoena...

Angelica Nieves-Figureroa, center, the sister of Jose Nieves, is comforted by family, during a press conference regarding the death of her brother at Montclair-Lucania Funeral Home on Jan. 9, 2017, in Chicago. Jose Nieves' father, Angel Nieves, is third from right and his mother, Burlinda Torres, is second from left.

Chicago cop charged with first-degree murder in off-duty shooting

May 22, 2019 at 10:58 p.m.

A veteran Chicago police officer has been arrested on charges of first-degree murder in the off-duty shooting of a 38-year-old man on the Northwest Side earlier this month. Cook County...

Justice report questions Emanuel police changes

May 15, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

In the 13 months since federal officials launched their civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made changes to police training, policy and discipline designed...

Justice report rips Chicago police for excessive force, lax discipline, bad training

August 21, 2019 at 9:42 p.m.

In perhaps the most damning, sweeping critique ever of the Chicago Police Department, the U.S. Department of Justice concluded Friday that the city's police officers are poorly trained and quick...

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