Officer Punched During Traffic Stop, Dragged By Car
A Chicago police officer was recovering at home Tuesday morning, after she was punched, grabbed, then dragged down the street during a traffic stop in the Gresham neighborhood.
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A Chicago police officer was recovering at home Tuesday morning, after she was punched, grabbed, then dragged down the street during a traffic stop in the Gresham neighborhood.
Being a police officer just got more dangerous in Chicago. According to information gathered by the Cook County Sheriff's office, a street gang wants to ambush and kill police officers near 19th and Oakley west of the Loop. CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports.
A Chicago Police officer who allegedly sought and received extortion payments from tow truck drivers for steering vehicle tows from accident scenes was convicted on Friday as part of the FBI's Operation Tow Scam corruption probe.
A woman was killed and two Chicago Police officers injured in a traffic crash on the South Side on Wednesday morning.
The incident that triggered Maldonado's complaint occurred shortly after 9 p.m. on May 1 after Maldonado picked his children up from swimming practice.
A Chicago Police officer is in good condition after he was inadvertently shot by another officer who was shooting at a "vicious dog" who charged at them in a South Side building Monday night.
Thousands of Chicago Police officers, state troopers and members of the FBI, DEA and Secret Service came out for the St. Jude Memorial March to pay their respects to those that have been killed in the line of duty.
The Chicago police department has already spent two-thirds of its overtime budget for the entire year.
CBS 2 Chief correspondent Jay Levine sat down with Superintendent McCarthy, and began by asking the simple question: Are we safe?
Sadly, the warm weather often means more crime. Jason in the Uptown neighborhood sent us an e-mail about a shooting this week near Truman College. In this Original Report, CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker caught up with officers walking the beat near the scene of the crime.
A man arrested during last year's NATO protests is suing the city, claiming Chicago Police beat and dragged him after he was involuntarily pushed into a line of officers.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said Thursday that a recent move to step up foot patrols in some of the most violence-prone neighborhoods is paying off.
There's a new allegation that Chicago police engage in their own "code of silence" to protect each other from charges of wrongdoing.
Chicago Police are sending six officers to Boston to help with the marathon bombing investigation.
Two males suspected of robbing a North Side liquor store are in custody after allegedly shooting at an off-duty Chicago Police sergeant who was following them.
A Joliet man was charged with vehicular homicide after he drunkenly collided with a Chicago police cruiser Friday night -- killing a passenger in his car while wounding himself, another occupant in the vehicle and two police officers.
One person is dead, following a late night crash involving a Chicago Police squad car in the city's Austin neighborhood.
A 15-year-old girl was shot in the stomach Thursday afternoon in the Grand Crossing neighborhood and critically wounded.
The shooting happened about 5:50 p.m. Monday in the 7500 block of North Hoyne Avenue.
Go big or go home, the saying goes. Some scrap-metal thieves are taking that expression to heart, police say. CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports.
Drinking, gambling and urinating on the public way are crimes that, Chicago Police contend, can "ruin the social fabric" of a neighborhood and set the stage for more serious crimes, including prostitution, gang loitering and narcotics sales.
Four people, including a Chicago police officer, were hurt in a crash following a chase on the South Side Tuesday night.
City officials on Monday suggested Chicago's safer than it's been in 50 years. In reality, the first quarter of the year is simply a return to normal after a huge spike in murders early last year.
The family of a suburban man shot in the back and killed by Chicago Police officers has filed a lawsuit against the police and is looking for answers.
A bartender from the North Side Andersonville neighborhood faces a handful of traffic offenses and a felony cannabis charge after a crash with a police car in the Rogers Park neighborhood Tuesday night that injured two officers.
