Chicago Police Car Strikes Pedestrian Near Red Line Stop In Fuller Park
Police said the victim was crossing 47th Street against the light at the Red Line stop, and an unmarked squad car struck him in the crosswalk.
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Police said the victim was crossing 47th Street against the light at the Red Line stop, and an unmarked squad car struck him in the crosswalk.
The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police on Wednesday issued a vote of no confidence against police Supt. Eddie Johnson.
Two Chicago Police officers were convicted Tuesday of lying to judges to obtain search warrants, and then stealing cash and drugs from the properties they searched.
The city is seeking to recoup $130,000 in police overtime costs from an investigation into Smollett's claim he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack.
Chicago police officer Patrick Kelly should be fired for shooting his friend and lying about it, Police Supt. Eddie Johnson has ruled, in a reversal of a decision he made last December.
Many people pray for Chicago Police officers and firefighters, but Sunday was special.
A CFD ambulance was involved in an accident with a police squad car Saturday night.
Police say the woman does not appear to be an intended target.
Police sources say several protocols weren't followed, like calling for an ambulance when someone is found in the condition Johnson was.
Police Supt. Eddie Johnson told Mayor Lori Lightfoot he had been drinking at dinner before driving early Thursday morning, and pulling over near his home and falling asleep behind the wheel, sources told CBS 2's Brad Edwards.
Police said officer Adam Wazny helped save his own life by applying a tourniquet to his wound after he was shot,
CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Johnson had pulled over and parked near his home near 34th and Aberdeen around 12:30 a.m., after feeling lightheaded.
The Chicago Police Board on Thursday decided to fire Officer Robert Rialmo over a 2015 shooting that left two people dead – one of them an innocent bystander.
A body was recovered from Lake Michigan Thursday.
Johnson said he wanted to clear up some "misconceptions" in the new report released by the Office of the Inspector General.
A Chicago police officer was injured after being struck by a car while pursuing a "potential gun offender" Thursday afternoon in the North Lawndale neighborhood.
The ordinance would exempt the spouses of fallen police officers, firefighters, and paramedics from paying the city's portion of their property tax bills -- usually 20% to 25% of the total due.
In both cases, city attorneys conceded that officers had no legitimate reason to break into the victims' homes.
The OIG said their actions prevented CPD from collecting potentially important, objective evidence of the McDonald shooting. Leading to heightened public outrage.
The reports are expected to shed new light on how the city's top watchdog says other officers tried to protect Officer Jason Van Dyke, who has since been convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting McDonald on Oct. 20, 2014.
CBS 2 has learned the same man wanted in the bus attack was spotted near 71st and Pulasksi.
A report by the Chicago Office of the Inspector General on Tuesday revealed that not only have Chicago Police officers been parking illegally — they're slipping their parking placards to their friends and family to attend Bears games and Cubs games.
Sgt. Xavier Elizondo and Officer David Salgado have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges alleging they paid informants to lie to judges for search warrants.
They call it the blue wall of silence – police refusing to turn over critical body camera video to this family whose home was wrongly raided.
Our CBS 2 Investigators are getting results – the Chicago Police Department is under investigation for officers obtaining bad search warrants and then raiding the homes of innocent families.
