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A memorial to Adam Toledo on April 20, 2021, at the site where the teen was shot and killed by Chicago police Officer Eric Stillman in an alley near West 24th Street and South Sawyer Avenue in Little Village. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Adam Toledo’s family challenges court order after ex-cop who fatally shot the teen sees his disability benefits increase

August 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The family of Adam Toledo is challenging a recent court order that increased disability payments to the former Chicago police officer who fatally shot the 13-year-old in Little Village in...

Yolanda Rivera, center, calls for greater transparency in the investigation into the shooting death of her daughter, Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera, as attorney Antonio Romanucci, left, and Krystal’s stepfather, Rico Thompson, listen at the Chicago law office of Romanucci & Blandin on July 2, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Bullet that killed Officer Krystal Rivera struck her from behind in vest opening, according to autopsy

August 20, 2025 at 6:52 p.m.

More than two months after her death, slain CPD Officer Krystal Rivera’s autopsy was finalized by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

An officer wears a button showing slain Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera while attending her funeral at Living World Christian Center, June 25, 2025, in Forest Park. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Officer who shot Krystal Rivera stripped of police powers days after Wicker Park bar incident

August 15, 2025 at 3:57 p.m.

Days after an incident at a bar in Wicker Park, the Chicago Police Department on Friday stripped the police powers of the cop who fatally shot Officer Krystal Rivera earlier...

COPA investigating claim of battery at bar against cop who mistakenly shot CPD Officer Krystal Rivera

August 14, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has opened an investigation into an alleged battery that occurred last weekend in Wicker Park involving the Chicago Police officer who fatally shot Officer...

A still image of a video released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability shows a group of Chicago police officers surrounding a vehicle driven by Dexter Reed, 26, moments before an "exchange of gunfire" in which Reed was fatally shot on March 21, 2024 in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. (Chicago Police Department)

State’s attorney’s office declines to file charges against CPD officers in Dexter Reed shooting

August 13, 2025 at 5:42 p.m.

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office has declined to file charges against Chicago police officers who fired dozens of shots at Dexter Reed in a shooting that roiled the city...

A person walks past Chicago Public Safety Headquarters on Dec. 1, 2023. (Talia Sprague/baiduhai)

Appellate Court rules CPD discipline cases should remain public

August 8, 2025 at 5:36 p.m.

A panel of Illinois Appellate Court judges on Friday upheld a previous court ruling that mandated public access to the most serious cases involving alleged misconduct by Chicago police officers.

Kevin Jackson, center, mingles with supporters at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Aug. 6, 2025. Jackson is seeking his certificate of innocence. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Outside prosecutors assigned to case as Kevin Jackson continues push for certificate of innocence

August 6, 2025 at 6:44 p.m.

Nine months after an Illinois appeals court called the circumstances surrounding the murder case against a Chicago man "extraordinary" and reversed his convictions, his quest for an on-paper exoneration in...

John Foster, CPD commander of Area 5 detectives, at a news conference announcing charges in multiple criminal sexual assault investigations, at Chicago Public Safety Headquarters, April 7, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Growing calls of ‘no confidence’ in CPD commander tied to wrongful murder conviction

August 3, 2025 at 9:01 a.m.

At least two CPD district councils plan to hold symbolic no-confidence votes in John Foster, the commander of Area 5 Detectives, who oversees the investigations into the most serious crimes...

Then-Chicago police Internal Affairs Chief Yolanda Talley speaks May 1, 2022, at the Gold Star Families Memorial and Park outside Soldier Field during the St. Jude Police League Memorial March and Service. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

CPD’s second-in-command gets dramatically different responsibilities in shakeup

July 31, 2025 at 6:15 a.m.

The second-in-command of the Chicago Police Department appears to have been stripped of virtually all of her duties related to the department’s daily operations, according to a new organizational chart...

People enter the Cook County assessor's office in Chicago on May 24, 2017. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

2 years probation for former assessor’s employee who pleaded guilty to bribery

July 29, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

A former employee in the Cook County assessor’s office was sentenced to two years of probation Tuesday after a federal judge credited his extensive cooperation with investigators.

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