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Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson holds a news conference at City Hall on Jan. 27, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Cook County state’s attorney’s office reviewing legality of mayor’s immigration executive order

February 2, 2026 at 7:06 p.m.

The Cook County state’s attorney’s office on Monday said “a thorough analysis is being conducted” to assess the legality of a mayoral executive order that directs Chicago police to investigate...

Civilian Office of Police Accountability interim Chief Administrator LaKenya White, left, listens as the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability votes to nominate her for the permanent position of COPA chief administrator during a meeting at Malcolm X College in Chicago on Jan. 29, 2026. Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling is on the right. (Nate Swanson/for the baiduhai)

Interim COPA chief nominated as permanent agency leader

January 30, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

The city agency in charge of the Chicago Police Department’s oversight bodies announced Thursday that the interim leader of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability would be nominated to oversee...

Chicago police guard a crime scene in the 5700 block of South May Street in Chicago after thirteen people were shot on Dec. 22, 2019. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

One detective’s work demonstrates how CPD improved the homicide clearance rate

January 30, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Records obtained by the Tribune detail how one of CPD’s most effective homicide investigators recently closed a 5-year-old cold case, helping to raise the Police Department’s murder clearance rate to...

A Chicago officer stands with a police radio near Oak Street Beach on Aug. 18, 2022. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

CPD officer faces bribery, official misconduct charges after allegedly selling radio access

January 28, 2026 at 12:53 p.m.

A Chicago police officer is facing more than a dozen felony charges for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for allowing a civilian to use his encrypted CPD radio.

Despite cold, Chicago matches rare January mark with seven homicides in a single day

January 20, 2026 at 5:57 p.m.

Seven people were shot and killed across the city in less than 18 hours Sunday, marking just the fourth January day to see that figure since 1991.

Inspector General Deborah Witzburg speaks with Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, left, and Ald. Gilbert Villegas, 36th, after a committee meeting on April 16, 2025, at Chicago City Hall. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

New OIG data portal details misconduct patterns among CPD officers, units

January 15, 2026 at 5:26 p.m.

The Office of Inspector General now offers an interactive data portal that allows anyone to see which Chicago Police Department officers are connected to misconduct claims.

Chicago police Deputy Chief Traci Walker, of internal affairs, from left, Scott Spears, CPD’s chief legal counsel, and police Superintendent Larry Snelling attend a monthly Chicago Police Board meeting on Feb. 20, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

More civilian investigators coming to CPD internal affairs to tackle backlog

January 14, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Chicago police officials this week said more civilian investigators will join the department’s internal affairs bureau as the office works to finish investigations more quickly and decrease its backlog of...

E. Stevens and Asia Betancourt, in background, both members of Trail of Truth, a substance abuse prevention coalition, speak at Park No. 578 on Aug. 21, 2024, behind signs that represent tombstones of people around the country who have died due to substance abuse. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Chicago and Cook County again see fewer opioid deaths in 2025

January 26, 2026 at 10:44 a.m.

Chicago and Cook County saw another steep decline in fatal opioid overdoses last year, records show, four years after a recent peak in such cases during the height of the...

Chicago police work the scene of a mass shooting outside a funeral that left 15 people wounded at 79th and Morgan streets on July 21, 2020. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Prosecutors link South Side gang faction to 14 slayings in 2 years

January 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Federal and state prosecutors now say a single gang faction on Chicago’s South Side committed 14 murders and shot at least 18 other people in just two years as part...

Workers build a stage on North Franklin Street at Wacker Drive on Dec. 29, 2025, ahead of the New Year’s Eve festivities in Chicago’s Loop. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Brandon Johnson, Larry Snelling urge parents to be mindful of teens ahead of downtown NYE celebration

December 29, 2025 at 4:34 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling on Monday urged local parents to keep vigilant over their teens' whereabouts ahead of the city’s planned New Year’s Eve celebration...

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