Chicago Police Increase Patrols In Boystown After Orlando Mass Shooting
Chicago police have stepped up patrols in the Boystown, Lakeview, and Lincoln Park neighborhoods in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
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Chicago police have stepped up patrols in the Boystown, Lakeview, and Lincoln Park neighborhoods in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
Detective Donovan Jackson and firefighter Rylenski Strong were jet skiing on Lake Michigan about 8:20 p.m. near 65th Street when they came across a 16-foot boat that capsized,
Chicago police say they are sorry for destroying a daughter's last message to her parents, which had been kept as evidence in the woman's death investigation.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's former point person on police reform called on his administration to be more transparent as it overhauls department policies and procedures.
A long lost dog was reunited with its owners Tuesday night, thanks to a couple Good Samaritans who flagged down Chicago police.
Chicago police have created a new patrol unit to help increase public safety in parks, beaches, and neighborhoods.
The family of Eugene McSwain has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit, seeking answers. CBS 2's Pam Zekman reports.
Violent crimes — from homicides and rapes to robberies — have been on the rise in many major U.S. cities, yet experts can't point to a single reason why and the jump isn't enough to suggest there's a trend.
With summer heating up, Chicago police said they will add extra patrols to all city beaches and parks, in the wake of another bloody brawl at North Avenue Beach.
Among the dozens of video and audio recordings from investigations into police use of force released by the city on Friday, many of the cases under review by the Independent Police Review Authority date back two to four years, or more.
Just three months before Alez Valadez Jr. was born, his father, a Chicago Police officer, was killed in the line of duty.
In the first three months of this year, the board charged with reviewing police officer complaints closed 115 cases and found that four of cases were sustained.
The Independent Police Review Authority on Friday will release video and audio recordings--all related to shootings and other incidents involving Chicago Police officers.
Video, audio recordings and documents relating to Chicago police-involved shootings are set to be released Friday. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
The police SUV and four-door car crashed about 10 p.m. in the 7600 block of South Halsted Street, according to Chicago Police.
The Emanuel administration has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by two Chicago police officers who claimed they were victims of retaliation after blowing the whistle on corruption. The deal spares the mayor from possibly having to testify about a "code of silence" within the department.
Chicago suffered through an especially bloody holiday weekend, with 69 people shot over the Memorial Day weekend, including six fatalities. Police said the vast majority of the victims were on a watchlist of sorts – what the department calls its "strategic subject list."
By comparison, 55 people were shot, 12 fatally, in Memorial Day weekend shootings in 2015.
Barely halfway into the Memorial Day weekend, nearly as many people have been shot across Chicago as the entire holiday weekend last year, with police promising to step up patrols even further.
Chicago Police officers made an unusual rescue Saturday morning on the Northwest Side.
CBS 2's Pam Zekman has this follow-up to a 2 Investigators, Better Government Association report.
Off-duty CPD officers saw 32-year-old Jovany Flores "inside a vehicle that did not belong to him" at 11:28 p.m. in the 2300 block of West Wolfram, according to a statement from Chicago Police. When the officers identified themselves, Flores "became upset and irritated" and began to fight them, police said.
Officer Morsi Murphy called in a bogus robbery report and once arrested a woman for picking up legal prescription drugs from Walgreens. CBS 2's Dave Savini reports.
Police said, around 12:30 a.m., two officers in an unmarked squad car were driving east near Peterson and Washtenaw avenues, when a man on a bicycle began shouting gang slogans at them.
Chantell Brooks watched the video with Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson. CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports.
