Dispatchers like Debra White provide a calming voice, and a lifeline in a time of need, for the people in Chicago and our ...

The team charged with overseeing the federal consent decree — set in place in 2019 — found the department made “significant ...

In past years, teen takeovers have even culminated in deadly violence — including one right in Millennium Park in 2022.

A death investigation is underway after an off-duty Chicago police officer died at the 18th District police station on the ...

Officer Enrique Martinez, a 26-year-old officer assigned to the Chicago Police Department’s 6th District, was killed during a traffic stop in November 2024 and was posthumously honored by ...

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in finding a violin worth $10,000 that was stolen ...

Since the city’s consent decree was entered more than six years ago, the independent monitoring team has often stressed that the Chicago Police Department must bolster its data collection and ...

Chicago remains plagued by gang violence, high-powered weapons and open hostility toward police. Yet, when an officer-involved shooting occurs, public discourse often ignores the exhaustion imposed on ...

Ald. Gilbert Villegas plans to invoke a rarely used rule at Wednesday’s Chicago City Council meeting to force representatives ...

Some officers were directed to inform the Department of Homeland Security about arrests involving suspected associates of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in October 2023. Mayor Johnson's office ...

In wake of recent large teen gatherings in downtown Chicago that were associated with two separate shootings last month, the ...

The off-duty Chicago police officer who died inside the city's 18th District station overnight has been identified as Malissa ...