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Police union requests removal of disciplinary cases from civilian board cops contend is biased
An attorney for the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 has petitioned the Chicago Police Board, a civilian disciplinary board, to surrender 20 cases for referral to an independent arbitrator, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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As crime surges, a flawed cashless bail system will put 'dangerous and repeat offenders on the streets'
The cashless bail era begins in Illinois on September 18, and has so many flaws, former mayoral candidate Paul Vallas writes in a recent commentary, that it will put “dangerous and repeat offenders back on the street.”
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Not hiring police same as defunding them, Vallas says.
In a recent commentary, former mayoral candidate Paul Vallas cited record overtime costs for police as a symptom of having too few officers. And, he says, not hiring more police is in effect a way of defunding them.
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Police get big win in proposed changes to disciplinary proceedings
Rank-and-file members of the Chicago Police are on the verge of having the final resolution of their more serious disciplinary cases moved out from under two civilian oversight boards -- both of which the police union, FOP Lodge 7, have accused of harboring anti-police bias -- and under the authority of an independent arbitrator where police believe they will receive fairer treatment.
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Lopez on planed wilding event: ‘If I know, do you @chicagosmayor’
Chicago Ald. Ray Lopez is warning the City of Chicago about the next “wilding” event being planned after last weekend’s events in which hundreds of teenagers flooded into parts of Chicago.
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Arrests down, crime up trend almost certain to continue under new mayor
Arrests in Chicago have plummeted 81 percent over the past two decades, a Sun-Times analysis shows, and with the election of progressive Brandon Johnson for mayor, who early on supported defunding the police but later backed off, arrests are likely to continue going one way and crime the other, say criminal justice experts.
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Plaintiffs’ firm, on record as engineering a media campaign in a wrongful conviction case, accuses former investigating detective of waging campaign of his own
A plaintiffs’ firm that orchestrated a media campaign to help further a wrongful conviction case surrounding the 1993 murder of a college basketball star is accusing a former detective, who investigated the murder, of launching a media campaign of its own.
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Reporters willing participants in contrived media campaign that freed convicted killer: city attorneys
City attorneys representing former Chicago police detectives in a wrongful conviction case blasted the reporters from the New Yorker magazine, NBC Chicago and other news outlets for pushing a narrative that one of the convicted killers of a college basketball star in 1993 was innocent of the crime
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All but one mayoral candidate wants to continue 'community policing'; Vallas would hire nearly 2,000 more cops
CHICAGO – Crime has increased since the city agreed to surround police with community groups and government agencies, yet Mayor Lori Lightfoot and most of her challengers in the Feb. 28 primary promise to continue pursuing that policy.
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Garrido condemns Garcia and Lightfoot's mayoral bids: ‘Chuy wasted no time piling on our Officers’
John Garrido III, formerly an officer with the Chicago Police Department’s 16th District, is opposing the mayoral runs of U.S. Rep. Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL) and incumbent Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
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Defense lawyers pushing for the allowance of gang affiliation evidence in wrongful conviction trials
Attorneys defending former city detectives in a wrongful conviction case are arguing for the allowance of gang affiliation, and witness intimidation, as evidence in the trial.
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Half of Illinois firearms recovered in crime scenes come from Chicago; Pistol use more than doubles in 10 years, data shows
CHICAGO - Debate among progressive Illinois policy makers over firearms hasn’t changed much in recent years, but government tracing data shows the firearms of criminals have changed greatly.
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Offender Charged with September Murder of 30-Year-Old Male
The above offender was arrested by members of the Chicago Police Department and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on December 14, 2022, in the 800 block of W. 99th St.
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Arrests have dropped by more than half in city of Chicago since 2019
Arrests made by the Chicago Police Department have plummeted over the past three years, according to the city's Office of Inspector General.
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Chicago Contrarian: Chicago PD is leading Windy City into a summer of violence
The spring sun warming Chicago's sidewalks and urging Windy City residents to emerge after a winter full of public health crises and civil unrest does little to hide the foreboding sense that unhinged violence is on the horizon, according to a blogger.
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'They can't get away from it' – Nightmare summer taking its toll on CPD
Working 12-hour days, seven days a week would increase anyone's level of stress, but the emotional and physical strain that officers in the Chicago Police Department are taking on top of those long hours this summer is more than anyone should have to endure, says former Chicago cop turned clinical psychologist Carrie Steiner.
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No word from DePaul on honor student's arrest for 'mob action, battery'
A Lakeview area teen enrolled at DePaul University has been charged for “battery against a peace officer and misdemeanor mob action” for her actions during a violent protest in Grant Park on Aug. 15.
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BLM protesters rally in Chicago after police shooting sets of looting and rioting
Members of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement held a rally Monday evening in Chicago to support more than 100 people arrested after looting and rioting caused an estimated $60 million worth of property damage in the day's early hours.
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Chicago GOP chairman: Democrats responsible for bad cops still on the job
The left has gone off the deep end in its demand to defund the Chicago Police Department, according to Chicago's Republican Party chairman.
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Social media posts urge protesters to target Chicago police officers' homes
Officers with the Chicago Police Department are concerned for their families’ safety after Tweets and Facebook posts encouraged protesters to target the homes of officers.