Cops To Be Out In Force To Catch Drunk Drivers On Labor Day Weekend
Illinois safety officials have a new Labor Day mantra, as they try to stem the state's rising highway death toll.
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Illinois safety officials have a new Labor Day mantra, as they try to stem the state's rising highway death toll.
A Chicago police officer is in the hospital this morning after a shootout in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy says despite the weekend violence that left nine dead, officers were able to diffuse a potentially dangerous situation on Michigan Avenue.
The search is on for two suspects who shot and wounded eight people in a drive-by shooting in the South Shore neighborhood.
The makeup of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's security detail is the subject of a lawsuit.
An anti-crime pilot program involving the group CeaseFire and the Chicago Police Department appears to be moving ahead after a disagreement was resolved.
Authorities have charged a teen in the beating of an off-duty Chicago Police officer who was involved in an accident in Maywood over the weekend.
In the latest effort to curb a murder rate that has propelled Chicago into the national spotlight this summer, police Supt. Garry McCarthy says gang members can no longer expect to be released on recognizance bonds.
It has been about a year since Chicago police brass promised to wipe out the Maniac Latin Disciples street gang on the Northwest Side, and a published report says the campaign appears to be working.
Five men have been wounded -- four fatally -- in shootings in south and west suburbs this weekend. Two of the shootings happened in south suburban Harvey and another involved an off-duty Chicago police officer in west suburban Maywood.
A motorcycle accident involving a Chicago police officer ended with the off-duty cop shooting the father of the girl he had hit, when that man attacked him after the crash.
The incident occurred about 11:40 a.m. when an officer witnessed a male offender firing gunshots at two people near 63rd Street and Honore Street.
The Chicago Police Department hopes the latest monthly murder numbers are a sign of better things to come.
The police officer who saved a toddler's life yesterday is telling his story.
The Chicago Police Department on Saturday announced that 22 alleged gang members were arrested and quantities of heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis were seized during two drug market raids on Friday on the city's South and West sides.
A man is suing the city and a Chicago Police officer who allegedly shot him while he was riding his bike last July in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Chicago will pay millions to two victims of former police Cmdr. Jon Burge's torture, while former Mayor Richard M. Daley will not have to testify in the cases.
Aikese Jordan vanished from his home in the 8100 block of South Langley.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy's plan to cut gang violence and homicides could cost the city up to $14 million in overtime this summer.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is demanding reforms in the city's police disability rules, after some apparently major abuses have been uncovered.
The museum installed the canned-roar system for the NATO summit in May and decided to use it after-hours. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports.
A Chicago Police officer shot and killed a dog early Friday, while breaking up a squatters' party on the city's West Side.
The search was on Friday morning for a suspect who attacked at Chicago Police officer in the South Chicago neighborhood.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday the Police Department is prepared to expand its anti-gang strategies, after early efforts in two neighborhoods have shown dramatic results.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday outlined a proposed ordinance he hopes will reinforce Chicago's reputation as an "immigrant friendly" city.
