Chicago Police officer found dead in apparent suicide
No information on the officer was immediately available.
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No information on the officer was immediately available.
Police say expect to see more officers throughout the city this weekend.
We looked at data for the past four years between the months of May and June in the city - leading up to July 4th weekend.
Chicago police issued a warning of armed robberies following a carjacking around the city Wednesday morning.
Around 3 p.m., bike officers were on patrol near 105th Street and Oglesby Avenue, near Trumbull Park, when someone fired shots in their direction., police said.
Video issued by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability Tuesday shows the moment a Chicago Police officer was shot in Englewood in the middle of the day last month.
A man is charged after firing shots at a Chicago Police station in Rogers Park back in April.
Police on Wednesday issued an alert about a string of armed robberies that stretched from Chinatown to Fulton Market to the Loop and Streeterville, and north all the way to East Lakeview.
More than a dozen CPD officers have died by suicide in the last four years. Until now, families of those officers did not get any work-related death benefits.
It's a sobering fact – more than a dozen Chicago Police officers have died by suicide in the last four years. Right now, families of those CPD officers do not get any work-related death benefits.
Two high-profile police shootings that started with foot chases have prompted big changes to Chicago Police policy.
A Chicago Police Officer's Taser was stolen during a physical altercation with a man he was trying to arrest on a CTA Red Line train platform on Monday evening.
Police said Garcia has black hair and brown eyes, is 5'11" and weighs around 135 lbs.
A wild arrest on Chicago Transit Authority property Monday evening ended with a missing police Taser.
CPD facing criticism for using PCIs as their primary source in creating trust between police and the community.
CPD is moving to fire an officer who dragged a woman out of her car at a Northwest Side mall two years ago.
Police Supt. David Brown last week filed disciplinary charges with the Chicago Police Board against Officer David Laskus, accusing him of a total of 29 total violations of CPD rules.
"Our difficult and dangerous work during this gun violence epidemic often comes with a very, very high price to Chicago police officers and their families."
Officer Erik Moreno is released from the hospital after being shot during an attempted traffic stop last Sunday.
Chicago police are using cold hard cash to get guns off the streets.
CPD is offering money in exchange for guns and replicas.
"Heading into the summer, we just try to be proactive; Be visible - boots on the ground," said Charles Decuire of the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago.
In the greater Englewood community - prayers to heal hurt, but also foster hope.
A Chicago Police spokesperson confirmed Officer Bruce Dyker left the department in May – before the department announced any disciplinary action.
"Here are people like me and police officers out there who are willing to make that change."
