Police accountability advocates from across the city gathered on the Southwest Side Thursday evening, continuing their calls ...

City officials’ efforts to comply with the federal court order requiring the Chicago Police Department to stop routinely violating Black and Latino Chicagoans’ constitutional rights are “too slow,” ...

The City of Chicago will pay $5.7 million after a jury found that police officers wrongfully raided the Tate family’s home.

After a year-long investigation into the most complained about Near North Side CPD tactical team, the ABC7 I-Team has learned four members have been relieved of police powers, and others have been ...

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This in-depth historical overview explores the evolution and modern structure of the Chicago Police Department, one of the oldest and largest municipal police forces in the United States, founded in ...

City attorneys have recommended that Chicago aldermen approve an $875,000 settlement with a group of more than two dozen people who accused police officers of violating their civil rights during ...

On Friday night, former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy stepped back into the spotlight with a live, no-frills town hall that centered on one blunt question: can Chicago be saved? The ...

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. The City Council on Wednesday delayed a final vote on a measure that ...

Getting our police officers into the right jobs at the places where they can do most to stop crime is the next big step in bringing Chicago violence down to the level we see today in cities such as ...

Officials have said Officer Carlos Baker unintentionally shot and killed Officer Krystal Rivera during a chase last June. He previously reported that he mistakenly discharged his Taser after a ...

One of Chicago’s newest police sergeants had been deemed “unfit to serve” after an investigation uncovered evidence that he created a fake Facebook account and spread a nude photo of a woman he was ...