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Governor Bruce Rauner appeared in Oak Brook Monday morning to discuss streamlining costly local government entities in Illinois and ending the ongoing state budget impasse, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Starting Monday, officers will be required to watch videos and other presentations on de-escalation tactics. The focus is to retrain officers on how to respond to a critical situation using the least amount of force necessary.
Members of an immigrants' rights group went door-to-door Saturday in the Northwest Side Albany Park neighborhood.
An email shows City Hall prepared "talking points" for Lori Lightfoot as she prepared to go on television. The problem with that: She's supposed to be looking at police reforms without interference.
Some African American politicians representing the West Side said Thursday they want to see more than new Tasers and training for police officers as Mayor Rahm Emanuel seeks to rebuild public trust in the Chicago Police Department.
Chicago officials released hundreds of emails Thursday related to a video showing a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times that wasn't released until more than a year after the shooting.
he Illinois attorney general has ruled in favor of The Associated Press in a dispute over release of Gov. Bruce Rauner's daily appointment calendars.
CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports while some feel officers trained to use Tasers could be helpful, others say, they are not the answer.
Saying there's a difference between when a police officer "can use a gun and when they should use a gun," Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday the Police Department would be changing its tactics and training regarding the use of force "to create more time and distance" for police when they respond to a tense situation.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and interim Chicago Police Supt. John Escalante announced changes in the Police Department's policy on the use of force, and a major expansion of the use of Tasers during a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
The former director of operation CeaseFire is trying to get the attention of Rahm Emanuel's big money supporters as he continues the protests against police misconduct on the mayor's watch, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
CTA officials said the agency's subway system and elevated trains came through Monday's ice storm with flying colors.
Jason Van Dyke, 37, was indicted earlier this month on six counts of first-degree murder and one count of official misconduct. Van Dyke pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Judge Vincent Gaughan at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Tuesday.
A new law going into effect January 1 is going create a coordinated alert system for senior citizens who have gone missing, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has decided to cut short his family vacation to Cuba after a 19-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman were shot and killed by police after officers responded to a domestic disturbance on the West Side on Saturday.
