Chicago pays millions in 2024 to settle police misconduct suits
American Civil Liberties Union Policy Director Ed Yohnka says the growing number of legal settlements that Chicago taxpayers ...
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Chicago Police Misconduct Agency Chief Resigns Under Fire; 2 Other City Department Heads Exit
Civilian Office of Police Accountability Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten much of the last 12 months at odds with the ...
3 top Chicago officials stepping down, days after Mayor Johnson warned of City Hall firings
Aviation Commissioner Jamie Rhee is retiring, OEMC director Jose Tirado is "transitioning out" and COPA chief Andrea Kersten ...
Chicago police seek person of interest in October Uptown homicide
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago police are asking for the public's help in locating a person of interest in connection to a homicide ...
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Final Tally: Chicago Taxpayers Spent At Least $107.5M to Resolve Police Misconduct Lawsuits in 2024, Analysis Finds
During the past six years taxpayers have spent at least $472.4 million to resolve police misconduct lawsuits, setting a new ...
CNN hires Rahm Emanuel — ex-Chicago mayor, White House official — as left-leaning pundit
Rahm Emanuel, who most recently served as ambassador to Japan during the Biden administration, is CNN’s new senior political ...
Cracks in a Sanctuary City: How immigration agents are making arrests based on local police data
The ABC7 I-Team found despite a local ordinance and state law prohibiting collaboration between Illinois law enforcement ...
Chicago homicides in 2025: 47 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by ...
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Brandon Johnson begins housecleaning with aviation, emergency management, police accountability chiefs
Jamie Rhee is retiring as the city's aviation chief after seven years in the job, one of several City Hall departures after ...
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3 Top City Leaders Step Down Days After Mayor Promised Staffing Shakeup
OEMC director Jose Tirado, COPA chief Andrea Kersten and Aviation Commissioner Jamie Rhee all announced Thursday they were ...
Pushback possible as Chicago Finance Committee set to vote on Dexter Reed police shooting settlement
There could be pushback, as Chicago City Council's Finance Committee gets set to vote on a $1.25 million settlement in the ...
Chicago police boss loses bid for chief's job in Detroit — the 4th city where he was a finalist
Joshua Wallace, the head of CPD's Criminal Networks Group, previously saw his $839,000 personal debt featured in an Iowa newspaper after he became a finalist last year in Des Moines.