Chicago River Site's Sale To Help Pay For Police, Fire Training Campus
The $95 million public safety training campus in West Garfield Park will replace Chicago's police and fire training academies.
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The $95 million public safety training campus in West Garfield Park will replace Chicago's police and fire training academies.
Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said this is an example of a new program helping officers keep a potentially dangerous situation from escalating.
The settlement is expected to be approved Monday by the City Council's Finance Committee.
Here is a look at five of the most high profile police settlements - dealing with excessive force and lofty sums of money - that took place since 2011:
A man who beat a first-degree murder charge last month is suing the cops and prosecutor who tried to put him in prison.
Police say almost all the thefts of catalytic converters happened late at night, or in the overnight hours.
Chicago's new Civilian Office of Police Accountability opens for business Sept. 15 with 140 full-time employees, 90 of them investigators.
A young Chicago man might be deported next week because he says Chicago police call him a gang member.
Officers responded "after a tip a possible evidence" in the 4500 block of South Wood, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, police tell CBS 2.
Two Chicago Police Officers involved in a shooting in May were recognized Tuesday by the Police Memorial Foundation.
A liquor store identified by police as a "hot spot for gang loitering" was padlocked Saturday after four shootings nearby since June 18.
Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said detectives have learned someone was driving around Saturday passing out free samples of "suspected heroin."
Det. David March and officers Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney are charged with obstruction of justice, conspiracy, and official misconduct.
Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said the weekend's bloodshed was "unacceptable" and "frustrating."
Chicago police officers soon will patrol the streets in some sharp new wheels, and the high-tech cruisers are being made in Chicago.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said there have been no credible threats to the city ahead of the 37th annual Taste of Chicago.
Three people, including two Chicago police officers, were injured in a squad car crash in the Englewood neighborhood on Tuesday.
Chicago Police are hoping a series of raids will help keep the city safe this holiday.
As of Friday night, 1,752 people had been shot in the city during the first half of this year, leaving 309 dead.
Black Lives Matter organizer Kofi Amedola said the nation will be watching Chicago when Officer Jason Van Dyke is tried for murder.
Chicago's Inspector General says that the court-enforced decree may be the only way to maintain public confidence in the process.
Chicago police are about to get some help from the feds that will help them test ballistics on the spot after a shooting.
The two male officers suffered minor injuries in the crash, police said. They were taken to a hospital, where they were treated and released
Kenya Washington, 28, is charged with murder and attempted murder, according to Chicago Police.
The driver of the SUV ran off after the crash and has not been located, police said.
