Terrified Victim In Rash Of Weekend Carjackings: 'This Has Changed The Way I Look At The City'
From Beverly to Old Town, carjackers are striking fast and furiously – and numbers are on the rise.
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From Beverly to Old Town, carjackers are striking fast and furiously – and numbers are on the rise.
The cell phone video is all over social media. It shows three women on the hood and roof of a Chicago Police SUV, as the vehicle slowly drives through a large crowd of cheering onlookers.
Under the new strategy Chicago Police will expand neighborhood police initiatives such as arts and athletic leagues.
Two Chicago police officers and a civilian were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon, following a crash on Cornell Drive in Jackson Park on the South Side.
Members of the public had a chance Tuesday night to learn more about the Chicago Police Department's new foot pursuit policy.
A River North restaurant owner says he is closing earlier – not because of COVID, but because of crime.
You won't see Chicago police stationed all over downtown anymore like they've been for most of the past year.
Chicago Police said Monday night that they will be ending a daily deployment plan that has kept officers downtown.
Police on Monday issued a warning about a pair of burglars who have been posing as tree cutters or city Water Management Department workers in numerous Chicago neighborhoods.
Sunday marked one year since the height of unrest in downtown Chicago following the death of George Floyd.
A man was shot in the face on Lake Shore Drive near the Museum Campus this weekend, and it is not the first shooting of its kind lately.
Mob-style robberies continued across Chicago this weekend, with Chicago Police saying they are connected to the large groups of teens we've seen downtown since the weather warmed up.
A woman was rescued from Lake Michigan offshore from downtown Chicago Sunday afternoon.
Chicago Police teamed up with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to put a dent in the city's heroin and cocaine trade.
The heated debate over the public release of decades of Chicago Police misconduct files rages on at City Hall. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov talked exclusively to Charles Green, the man whose case started it all. Green's hope is simply to clear his name.
Police found a loaded gun Monday evening when they were called to the scene of a crash on Lake Shore Drive.
"Frankly I'm just going to have to go back and grind it out again," Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) said of efforts to reach an agreement with the city's inspector general.
"Because the buck stops with me, I will ultimately as mayor – and any other subsequent mayor – be making that decision" on hiring or firing the CPD superintendent, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.
Police arrested nine people Saturday night as large groups gathered and got into fights in and around Millennium Park.
According to the Citizens Police Data Project, an online database of police misconduct files obtained by the Invisible Insitute, there have been 73 complaints registered against the officer, including 18 use of force complaints.
Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th) said he plans to hold a vote on civilian police oversight proposals on June 18, in time for a final vote by the full City Council on June 23.
The mayor has said, because she "wears the jacket" for crime in Chicago, she's not willing to essentially hand over control of CPD to a civilian oversight board.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday shrugged off a "no-confidence" vote from the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, as she accused the police union's president of stalling on contract negotiations "so that he doesn't have to face the reality" of the need for reforms in the department.
After court battles and calls for transparency, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and city aldermen have reached a deal to create a new public database of Chicago police officer misconduct files.
Two Chicago police officers were shot Sunday morning, according to police spokesman Tom Ahern.
