Parolee Charged With Killing Cop, Former CHA Officer
A 19-year-old "person of interest" who lived near the murder scene is accused of the crime.
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A 19-year-old "person of interest" who lived near the murder scene is accused of the crime.
Total crime in Chicago was down 3.7 percent in October compared to last year during the same period, and property and violent index offenses similarly declined at 2 percent and 9.8 percent respectively, Chicago Police Superintendent Jody P. Weis announced on Sunday.
Police responding to a call of a suspicious vehicle uncovered nearly $5 million worth of heroin and cocaine in the car.
The Chicago Police Department has tweaked its plan to raise the minimum application age for police recruits to 25, in the face of opposition from the Fraternal Order of Police and some aldermen.
Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis is confirming that, despite the hiring of new police officers in the coming year, the city will end up with fewer on the street.
Two Chicago Police officers are taking their boss to court, accusing Supt. Jody Weis of slander after they were accused and later cleared in a brutality investigation.
Two Chicago Police officers allegedly reassigned, and later cleared, in a police brutality investigation filed a slander lawsuit Tuesday against police Supt. Jody Weis.
Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis is talking about the details of Chicago's new, somewhat-controversial approach to dealing with street gangs
The Fraternal Order of Police is threatening a lawsuit, after seven Chicago Police officers were stripped of their powers on claims that they beat a handcuffed suspect, only for two to be cleared within days.
Two Chicago police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing in an ongoing brutality investigation and the head of the police union says the city's top cop has showed a "real lapse in leadership" in his handling of the case.
Police Supt. Jody Weis appeared on the CBS 2 Morning News today to talk about the pressing issues of the Police Department.
Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis did the right thing by stripping six officers and a sergeant of their police powers because one of them stands accused of punching a suspect in handcuffs as the others "watched," Mayor Daley said Tuesday.
With the Chicago Police Department facing a serious manpower shortage, Police Supt. Jody Weis on Tuesday suggested eventually allowing retired officers to be rehired as an auxiliary police force to supplement full-time officers.
Seven Chicago police officers have been taken off the street because of accusations of brutality involving a crime suspect in police custody.
Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis says the allegations are disturbing.
A police detective who noticed a pattern of more than two dozen armed robberies and stopped that suspected robber at his last crime was one of 15 officers honored -- two posthumously -- on Tuesday in recognition of outstanding valor.
