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Andrea Kersten, chief administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, appears before aldermen to justify the department's 2025 budget during City Council budget hearings at City Hall on Nov. 9, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Nationwide search expected to find next COPA chief

February 14, 2025 at 11:10 a.m.

The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability announced Friday that the body will conduct a nationwide search to find the next leader of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability,...

Jamie Rhee, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation, speaks at the ribbon cutting for Veteran Roasters and Brown Sugar Bakery in Terminal 3 at O’Hare International Airport on Dec. 3, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/ baiduhai)

Three top city officials stepping down after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s message: ‘If you ain’t with us, you just gotta go’

February 14, 2025 at 11:58 a.m.

Three members of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration announced their exits Thursday, days after the mayor delivered a warning about purging city officials who lacked loyalty to him.

Chicago grand jury charges Sinaloa Cartel figure with narcotics conspiracy

February 11, 2025 at 4:59 p.m.

A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel for alleged trafficking of drugs into the U.S.

Nicole Banks breaks down after speaking briefly about the death of her son Dexter Reed during a news conference outside the 11th District police station in Chicago on April 24, 2024. A lawsuit was filed against the city and the police officers who fatally shot Reed during a traffic stop in Humboldt Park. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Dexter Reed’s family to get $1.25M in proposed settlement; $27M for woman hit in police chase

February 10, 2025 at 3:43 p.m.

Angela Parks was struck by a Jeep being pursued by police in August 2020 in the Armour Square neighborhood.

Police recruits raise their right hand as they take the oath of office at the Chicago Police Department graduation ceremony at Navy Pier on July 30, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Study that will help adjust where Chicago police officers are deployed finally in the works

January 31, 2025 at 12:56 p.m.

A study which will help the Chicago Police Department determine which city neighborhoods see additions or subtractions in officer deployment is at last in development.

A motorist drives past a home in the 7600 block of West Talcott Avenue on Jan. 30, 2025, in Chicago's Norwood Park neighborhood. George Levin, 63, was found fatally assaulted in the basement of the home late Sunday, Jan. 26. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

2 in custody in Norwood Park beating death, police say

January 30, 2025 at 3:22 p.m.

George Levin, 63, was found dead by his sister late Sunday in the basement of a home in the 7300 block of West Talcott Avenue, according to police and the...

Police investigate the scene where two women were fatally shot and another critically wounded in an alley near the 7700 block of South Oglesby Avenue in Chicago on Jan. 28, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

2 women killed, another critically injured in South Shore shooting: CPD

January 28, 2025 at 5:36 p.m.

Three women were found shot to death in a South Shore neighborhood alley early Tuesday, according to Chicago police.

According to court documents, this image shows John Banuelos, 39, of Summit, Illinois, circled in yellow, during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. (Federal court document)

Trump decision can’t ‘whitewash’ Jan. 6 cases, federal judge says in fiery dismissal order

January 23, 2025 at 6:27 a.m.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., Wednesday dismissed a case against a Jan. 6 defendant from the Chicago area, but refused to do so with prejudice in a fiery order...

The Chicago Police Department and Chicago Fire Department logos on the outside of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters in 2023. (Talia Sprague/baiduhai)

CFD deputy chief driven to firehouse after being found asleep at the wheel: OIG

January 15, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

Several members of the Chicago Fire Department falsified reports and misled investigators after a high-ranking department member was found slumped over a steering wheel in 2022, says a report from...

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling speaks at a news conference at police headquarters on Oct. 28, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Judges back Chicago Police Board in two disciplinary cases

January 12, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

As the Illinois Appellate Court weighs arguments over the future of police discipline in Chicago, two rulings by the Chicago Police Board have been bolstered by Cook County judges.

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