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Facing a wave of officer retirements, and massive overtime costs as police seek to stop a spike in gun violence, CPD will host a series of in-person officer entry exams at all City Colleges of Chicago campuses in October and December.
Chicago Police Officer Ella French was killed in the line of duty last month, and 800 miles away in New York on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, there was a very moving tribute for the fallen officer.
Jose Montanez and Armando Serrano spent 23 years in prison for a murder they did not commit.
Police are searching for two suspects after a 72-year-old woman was carjacked at gunpoint in Logan Square Thursday night.
Officer Ella French was one of the five fallen Chicago Police officers honored Thursday evening at a candlelight vigil.
A series of rapid-fire crimes early Thursday struck a community already grappling with a spike in crime as it is.
A Chicago woman seen struggling with a police officer on North Avenue Beach is speaking out publicly for the fist time since the incident.
Keith Thornton Jr. was the guiding voice during our city's most recent line-of-duty tragedy - the murder of Chicago Police Officer Ella French.
SWAT teams were on the scene late Thursday after a shooting in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
A Chicago Police lieutenant has been arrested and charged with aggravated battery, on charges that he shoved a flashlight between a teenage boy's buttocks while making an arrest in Belmont Cragin in February.
Chicago's River North is in crisis. Recent crimes have prompted an outcry from city leaders and residents, and new video from Thursday morning shows why.
Two Chicago Police officers have been charged with felony aggravated battery (public way) and felony official misconduct, the Cook County State's Attorney confirmed Wednesday.
Chicago police are seeking the public's help in locating the family of a 4-year-old found alone in the Austin neighborhood Wednesday.
A scathing report has been issued about Chicago's police pension fund, claiming taxpayers are paying millions of dollars more than needed in unnecessary fees.
The mother of fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French issued an emotional message what would have been the officer's 30th birthday on Tuesday.
Police Supt. David Brown has placed a Chicago Police officer on administrative duties for the duration of an investigation, after he was seen in a new-viral video confronting a woman walking her dog at the North Avenue Beach.
A person is in custody after allegedly firing a shot at Chicago police officers on Monday morning.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability was investigating Sunday night, after an incident two nights earlier at the North Avenue Beach involving a woman who was walking her dog.
Just days after he was transferred to a rehab center, we saw and heard Wednesday from Chicago Police Officer Carlos Yanez Jr. – who was shot and critically wounded in the same incident where his partner, Officer Ella French, was killed.
As the city's carjacking crisis continues, now there is a crew rear-ending Chicago drivers with stolen cars just to carjack them – in what are known as bump-and-run carjackings.
"A large percentage of ShotSpotter alerts cannot be connected to any verifiable shooting incident," the report states.
An increase in robberies and carjackings has prompted an alert from police.
"Last fall we had a spike in vehicle hijackings that carried over into the next year, into this year. So we want to try to anticipate some of that maybe happening again this year," Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said.
"He still has a long road ahead, but we are grateful for the progress he is making," Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said.
Fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French flew with the Blue Angels Sunday.
