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Newly promoted detectives take an oath during a Chicago Police Department recruit class graduation and promotion ceremony at Navy Pier on March 29, 2022.

Pilot program would give CPD detectives ownership of cases, may radically change how police handle homicide investigations

October 29, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

One week on call, followed by five weeks to work cases. Ten-hour days and take-home cars. And perhaps most importantly, total ownership of an investigation from start to finish. Starting...

Chicago Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 President John Catanzara leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building following closing arguments in the bench trial of Officers Christopher Liakopoulos and Ruben Reynoso on Sept. 27, 2023.

Mayor Brandon Johnson to split Chicago police union contract into two votes, citing issue with disciplinary provisions

October 24, 2023 at 6:59 p.m.

In a move that could lead to his first labor dispute since taking office, Mayor Brandon Johnson will seek to split up a proposed new contract with the Chicago police...

Ald. Greg Mitchell, 7th, talks to colleagues on March 23, 2022, during a Chicago City Council meeting.

Man arrested after altercation with Chicago alderman

October 24, 2023 at 5:06 p.m.

A man recording a TikTok video was arrested for allegedly shoving South Side Ald. Gregory Mitchell on Monday morning in the lobby at City Hall, authorities said, in the second...

Chicago Police Board members at the start of a board meeting at police headquarters on June 15, 2023, in Chicago.

Amid shakeup, Police Board acquits 4 CPD officers accused of excessive force, lying

October 23, 2023 at 6:58 p.m.

The Chicago Police Board announced at its monthly meeting last week that four officers accused of misconduct — making false statements and using excessive force during the unrest of 2020...

Chicago Police Department Chief Larry Snelling arrives at Chicago City Hall on Sept. 27, 2023, to be confirmed as the city's next police superintendent on Sept. 27, 2023.

New CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling looks back at lessons learned from his own disciplinary cases as he takes department helm

October 22, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

It was around 7 a.m. on Thursday, May 12, 1994. Two officers assigned to the Chicago Police Department's Englewood District were to take two arrestees to the neighboring Chicago Lawn...

Chicago police recruits salute during a graduation and promotion ceremony at Navy Pier on June 5, 2023.

FOP and city reach tentative contract deal that provides 20% raises over four years

October 20, 2023 at 6:47 p.m.

The city of Chicago and the union representing rank-and-file police officers have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract that would provide a roughly 20% raise for officers...

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling stands in his office at police headquarters on Oct. 17, 2023.

New CPD boss promises to balance reform and aggressive policing through transparency

October 18, 2023 at 7:00 a.m.

Larry Snelling has a tightrope to walk. He took over as superintendent of the Chicago Police Department last month as it struggles to meet obligations under a federal consent decree....

Family and friends of Carlton Weekly, the rapper known as FBG Duck, visit Oak Street in Chicago on Aug. 7, 2020, days after Weekly was shot to death on the block.

Trial set for 6 reputed members of Chicago’s O-Block gang charged in brazen Gold Coast slaying of rapper FBG Duck

October 8, 2023 at 8:42 p.m.

Chicago was in the midst of a tumultuous summer beset by the pandemic and violent protests when Carlton Weekly, a reputed gang member who rapped under the name FBG Duck,...

Ghian Foreman, whose term as Chicago Police Board president recently ended, speaks about the push by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 to remove pending disciplinary cases from the board's docket as Paula Wolff, board vice president, listens during a CPB meeting at police headquarters on Aug. 17, 2023.

Changes continue on Chicago Police Board in ongoing shake-up

October 5, 2023 at 4:46 p.m.

The Chicago Police Board, the nine-person body that metes out discipline in the most serious cases of alleged misconduct by Chicago police officers, is in a state of flux. No...

Attorney Geoffrey Fieger and Tereasa Martin, mother of Kenneka Jenkins, talk about a lawsuit against the Crowne Plaza Hotel at a news conference in Chicago on Dec. 18, 2018.

Settlement reached in Kenneka Jenkins wrongful death lawsuit filed after 2017 hotel freezer death, court records show

October 3, 2023 at 5:41 p.m.

A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed in connection with the 2017 death of Kenneka Jenkins, the 19-year-old Chicago woman who died of hypothermia inside a Rosemont hotel's...

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