2017 A Mixed Bag For Chicago Police Department
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson sits down with CBS 2's Brad Edwards to talk about the year in policing and crime.
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Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson sits down with CBS 2's Brad Edwards to talk about the year in policing and crime.
Last week, Chicago Police raided a home on the South Side as part of a drug investigation, but officers entered the wrong home.
With some New Year's revelers planning to celebrate on party buses this weekend, city officials said they plan to check buses to make sure no one is illegally carrying drugs or guns, and the companies have the proper licenses.
It has been two years since a CPD officer shot and killed 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier and his neighbor, 55-year-old Bettie Jones.
The Chicago Police Department has posted a video on its Facebook page showing what its like patrolling in the overnight hours in the Englewood neighborhood.
The unloaded shotgun appeared to be brand-new. It was found underneath a vehicle on the third level of a parking garage, Chicago police said.
The incident, first reported by the Chicago Tribune, occurred in the South Chicago neighborhood in the 8200 block of South Marquette Ave.
Some skeptics aren't sure the promises and the results add up.
An off-duty Chicago Police officer shot a person Monday night during an attempted carjacking in Bronzeville.
Police say the 4 p.m. shooting followed a fight in a gas station near 78th and Ashland.
Police Supt. Eddie Johnson noted shootings and murders both have dropped from 2016, which saw the highest level of homicides in nearly 20 years.
Reynaldo Guevara, who had been granted immunity in an unprecedented move by prosecutors and offered only meek denials of abuse when pressed to give a yes-or-no answer.
Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin said leaders in Chicago and Cook County have failed to protect many communities from violent crime.
A Chicago Police officer was injured in a single-vehicle crash early Thursday near Soldier Field.
The vote was not unanimous.
Chicago Police have increased patrols around major transit hubs in the city following an explosion Monday morning near Times Square in New York City.
Mayor Emanuel and Police Supt. Johnson announced that every Chicago Police patrol officer in the city is now equipped with a body camera.
Chicago now has the largest deployment of body cameras in the nation, according to a spokesperson for the city.
The couple first told investigators three people approached and robbed them on Lower Wacker Dr.
Police are looking for a woman who has been missing for more than a month from the Near West Side.
A man was injured early Saturday when the SUV he was driving crashed into the median on Lake Shore Drive and overturned.
Police say he and another victim were standing on the 7500 block of South Shore when someone started shooting from a vehicle.
A stranger was screaming outside Claudette Roper's home late Thursday. What happened next with police may have been more alarming to her. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
DCFS has yet to give Delores permanent custody of the kids. Their mom sees them once a week and their dad will get out of prison in February.
Aldermen were scheduled to vote next week on a $31 million settlement with the "Englewood Four," who spent years in prison for rape and murder before DNA evidence pointed to a different suspect.
