Sam Charles

Police Superintendent Larry Snelling, left, and Mayor Brandon Johnson pose for group photos with recruits before the start of the Chicago Police Department recruit class graduation and promotion ceremony at Navy Pier on March 11, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

With logjam over police discipline broken, Snelling faces early leadership test

April 1, 2024 at 6:30 a.m.

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling must decide if the department should seek to fire an officer who has faced an unusually high number of misconduct allegations — who worked under...

James Franczek, left, the city’s chief labor negotiator, departs after a court hearing in a Fraternal Order of Police lawsuit about how misconduct cases are handled in their contract, March 20, 2024, at the Daley Center. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Judge rules CPD officers accused of serious misconduct may choose arbitration, but hearings to remain public

March 21, 2024 at 5:59 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Thursday ruled that Chicago police officers accused of serious misconduct will have the right to have their cases decided by a third-party arbitrator, but those...

Then-Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson arrives at a news conference at police headquarters in Chicago on Oct. 28, 2019. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Sex assault lawsuit against former CPD Superintendent Eddie Johnson dismissed by judge

March 20, 2024 at 5:29 p.m.

A federal judge on Wednesday threw out the sexual assault lawsuit against former Chicago Police superintendent Eddie Johnson.

Judge’s ruling on Chicago police discipline expected this week after court arguments

March 20, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

A Cook County judge will issue a ruling this week in the lawsuit brought by the city’s largest police union that seeks to enforce an arbitration award that would allow...

Clayton Harris III and retired Appellate Judge Eileen O'Neill Burke are opponents in the Cook County state's attorney race. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Eileen O’Neill Burke holds slim lead over Clayton Harris III in Democratic race for Cook County state’s attorney

March 20, 2024 at 3:42 p.m.

The Democratic primary to choose Kim Foxx's successor as Cook County state's attorney was still too close to call Wednesday morning as retired Appellate Justice Eileen O’Neill Burke held a...

A Glock 34 9 mm handgun with an 18-round capacity clip on Jan. 24, 2023, in Minooka. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

City sues gunmaker Glock alleging design flaw that allows pistols to be converted to automatic

March 20, 2024 at 12:24 p.m.

The city of Chicago has sued Glock, one of the largest firearms manufacturers in the world, accusing the gunmaker of willfully ignoring design flaws in its handguns that allow for...

Alicia Perkins, center, an aunt to the father of Jayden Perkins, holds balloons to release at a memorial on March 15, 2024, outside Jayden's home in Chicago. The 11-year-old Jayden was stabbed to death in his home. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

‘Never should have happened’: Police announce charges in stabbing that killed 11-year-old boy and injured his mother in Edgewater

March 15, 2024 at 8:08 p.m.

A man with a history of domestic abuse cases, released from prison just a day earlier, is charged with murder.

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