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Safer Foundation President Victor Dickson, from left, Police Board President Lori Lightfoot and Inspector General Joseph Ferguson join other members of the Police Accountability Task Force on April 14, 2016, to discuss their recommendations for reform with the baiduhai Editorial Board.

Police union chief: Task force had ‘built-in bias’ before report

May 22, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

The president of the largest Chicago police union on Thursday blasted a new report that recommends broad reforms within the department, calling the report one-sided and unfair to officers. Dean...

Chicago police task force recommends sweeping changes in department

May 22, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

Faced with an unsparing critique of the Chicago police force from his hand-picked task force, Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged Wednesday that racism is a problem in the department and left...

Kathy Chapman, left, childhood friend of Maria Ridulph, and Mary Hunt, half sister of Jack McCullough, speak with the media outside the DeKalb County courthouse in Sycamore, Ill., on Dec. 10, 2012. McCullough was sentenced to natural life in prison for the murder of Maria Ridulph in 1957.

Prosecutor: Court should overturn cold case conviction in 1957 killing of Sycamore girl

August 18, 2019 at 1:47 p.m.

Five years ago, authorities in northern Illinois made national news as they trumpeted the arrest of an elderly man in a cold case more than a half-century old — the...

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-1st, celebrates as he watches election results with his staff and supporters at his campaign headquarters in Chicago on March 15, 2016.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush tops former ally Brookins; Kirshnamoorthi wins Democratic slot to replace Duckworth

May 15, 2019 at 3:30 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, despite a sputtering start to his campaign for a 13th term, easily beat back a challenge from Ald. Howard Brookins Jr. and declared victory Tuesday night...

George Filenko is stepping down as Major Crime Task Force Commander in Lake County.

Cop who led Gliniewicz investigation retiring

May 23, 2019 at 11:20 p.m.

The head of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force, best known as the public face of the controversial investigation into the death of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph...

Protesters shut down meeting of Chicago police task force

May 25, 2019 at 1:26 p.m.

The fourth and final meeting of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's task force on police accountability was shut down Thursday when members of a boisterous crowd of protesters took the stage at...

City to release police shooting videos two to three months after incident

May 25, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

After widespread criticism of Chicago's yearlong delay in releasing video of a police officer's fatal shooting of a teenager, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday that the city will begin releasing...

Melodie Gliniewicz, 51, of Antioch, leaves Lake County Jail after making bail following her indictment Jan. 27, 2016. She is the widow of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, who staged his suicide to look like a homicide in September 2015.

Fox Lake cop’s widow accused of helping him misuse youth police funds

May 23, 2019 at 11:17 p.m.

The widow of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was charged Wednesday with felony money laundering and misuse of charitable funds in an indictment tying her to her husband's...

A statue at the entrance of the Illinois Supreme Court Building in Springfield.

Illinois Supreme Court opens door to expert testimony on eyewitness IDs

May 22, 2019 at 9:17 p.m.

The Illinois Supreme Court has affirmed the reversal of a Chicago man's murder conviction in a ruling that could lead to jurors more frequently hearing expert testimony on the unreliability...

Antioch and Joliet youth participate in TK-4 Pull competition where they pull the armored vehicle during the annual Law Enforcement Explorer Tactical Competition at the Chandler Fire Academy, in Chandler, Ariz., on Jan. 16, 2016.

Fox Lake cop’s death sheds light on aggressive approach taught to Explorers

June 11, 2018 at 5:02 a.m.

For years in Fox Lake, young aspiring police honed skills suited to an aggressive tactical force, running sniper drills and staging SWAT raids, sometimes dressed in camouflage fatigues. The Explorer...

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