State Bill Would Limit Police Use Of Stingray Cell Phone Tracking Unit
A bill has been filed in Springfield that would limit the ways police could use so-called Stingray cell phone technology, reports WBBM's Bob Roberts.
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A bill has been filed in Springfield that would limit the ways police could use so-called Stingray cell phone technology, reports WBBM's Bob Roberts.
Emanuel he says he's not hiding from the controversy over policing in Chicago.
Amid a spike in shootings and homicides to start the new year, the Chicago Police Department has forged a new partnership with the Cook County Sheriff's office to target gang violence that affects both the city and suburbs.
The head of the Chicago Police Board says the Police Department must face some hard truths if it's going to restore the public trust it lost in the midst of some recent shooting cases, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
The Chicago Police Department would be required purchase a Taser for every one of its 12,500 sworn officers and train them on how to use it by Jan. 1, 2017, under one of several proposals made by African-American aldermen in response to the Laquan McDonald controversy, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
Why did Cook County prosecutors decline to pursue a perjury case against Officer Allyson Bogdalek? CBS 2's Pam Zekman reports.
A church-based activist organization has used the Martin Luther King Holiday to call on local officials to back reforms in the Chicago Police Department, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Rev. Jesse Jackson has an agenda for 2016 that includes a list of demands from the Chicago Police Department in light of the shooting incidents and allegations of cover-ups, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
More than 20 Chicago Police Department personnel have been called before the federal grand jury investigating the fatal Laquan McDonald shooting, including the detective who initially closed the case as "non-criminal" and officers at the scene who gave accounts that conflicted with the dashcam video of the shooting, police records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times show.
Newly released police documents and some previously unseen videos are answering some questions about the 2013 officer-involved shooting death of Cedrick Chatman, but other questions are still unanswered.
A man was killed and at least five others were wounded in shootings Thursday across Chicago, according to Chicago Police.
Lorenzo Davis says he was fired after he refused to change his ruling in the fatal shooting of a suspect.
The 30-year-old woman was walking eastbound on 83rd Street between Washtenaw and Talman about 1:30 a.m. when two men in a silver late-model Buick pulled up, according to a community alert from Area Central detectives.
Chicago police were searching for the driver who struck an officer with a car while fleeing a traffic stop early Thursday in the South Shore neighborhood.
The City Of Chicago on Wednesday moved to allow the released of another video that depicts a deadly shooting by police.
The Police Department has fallen under intense scrutiny in recent months, after the city released video of Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting McDonald 16 times on a Southwest Side street, just hours after Van Dyke was charged with murder in McDonald's death in October 2014.
A group of black pastors planned to boycott the city's annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast on Friday, to protest Mayor Rahm Emanuel's handling of the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald.
The public got a chance to weigh in on Chicago's search for a new police superintendent during a forum Tuesday night. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports at times, it wasn't pretty.
Another deadly police shooting in Chicago is under investigation by federal authorities.
At a special public meeting of the Chicago Police Board on Tuesday, Chicago residents will get a chance to speak for up to two minutes each about the qualities they believe the new Chicago Police Superintendent should have.
Robert Michael, the former CEO of the failed Citizens Bank played the role of federal defendant Monday as prosecutors put him on trial for alleged fraud, lies and money laundering tied to real estate deals involving disgraced former Country Club Hills Police Chief Regina Evans.
A Chicago police officer fatally shot Quintonio Legrier, 19, and Bettie Jones, a 55-year-old neighbor, the day after Christmas, during a domestic-disturbance call.
A Cook County judge on Monday denied the Chicago Police Department's request to toss out a lawsuit seeking records showing how police have used secret cellular tracking systems.
The suspects broke in the victim's home in the 3600 block of North Magnolia Avenue early Saturday.
