Dozens Of Chicago Public Schools To Vote On Whether To Keep Or Remove School Police Officers
The argument has been going back and forth for months; should Chicago police officers be assigned to public school buildings in Chicago?
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The argument has been going back and forth for months; should Chicago police officers be assigned to public school buildings in Chicago?
On Tuesday, CBS 2's Chris Tye took a close look at where the guns being trafficked from before they end up at Chicago crime scenes.
"The idea of putting more boots on the ground, more officers into the street, is something a lot of police departments do when they face a crisis."
Two Chicago police officers were injured while trying to arrest a man in Bucktown.
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown was headed back to Chicago late Monday after meeting with President Joe Biden in Washington to talk about the city's crime problem.
A warning was sent to Chicago Police officers Monday, after shots were fired at two officers while off-duty this weekend.
Two Chicago police officers found themselves on the wrong end of a pepper spray can in Calumet Heights Friday night.
David Brown's tenure as Chicago's top cop has been a rocky one, in the face of surging crime during the pandemic, a violent trend which has yet to turn around.
A string of robberies at stores along the north end of the Magnificent Mile has prompted a warning from Chicago police.
The report indicates that 37% of the department's applicants from 2016 to 2018 were Black in a city where 30% of the population is African American.
Detectives were questioning a "person of interest" Wednesday night, after a Chicago Police officer and two ATF agents were shot earlier in the Morgan Park neighborhood. Sources said they were targeted and ambushed.
The officers were attacked on South Richmond Street in the North Lawndale neighborhood.
A rifle with a high-powered scope and laser sight was found in Casteel's hotel room on the 12th floor, overlooking the crowded Ohio Street Beach.
Following a July 4th holiday weekend in which 100 people were shot and 18 of them were killed, police Supt. David Brown and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx have gotten into a very public fight.
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said the employee found the rifle and handgun "in a very suspicious position inside one of the rooms," along with five rifle magazines on a windowsill.
At least 100 people were shot in Chicago this past July 4th weekend, while we were supposed to be celebrating America's independence.
More than 90 people were shot in Chicago over the Independence Day weekend, including police officers and several children.
CPD is warning neighbors about "dangerous criminal activity associated with short term rental properties in this neighborhood."
There is no one in custody. Area 1 Detectives are investigating.
Two Chicago police officers were shot trying to disperse crowds in the South Austin neighborhood Sunday night.
Brown argued the hearing was taking his attention away from fighting crime.
Hours before shootings wounded a 7-year-old girl on East 79th Street, a man sitting on a Green Line train who was not the intended target in Washington Park, and lastly a 1-month-old baby girl in Englewood, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown issued a letter offering a little help to officers on what could be a violent July 4th Holiday weekend.
Coincidentally just minutes after a 9-year-old girl was shot and critically wounded at 79th Street and Maryland Avenue Thursday afternoon, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown stepped up to the mic for a news conference to talk about the city's drop in violence.
Now in July, the city rang in the new month with a deadly shooting.
An internal investigation has been launched in the Chicago Police Department, all surrounding one officer's caught-on-camera tirade after getting pulled over by fellow officers.
