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CPD officers pulled off duty over vaccine disclosure mandate as crime surges
News earlier this week that 21 Chicago Police Department officers had been stripped of their police powers for refusing to disclose their COVID vaccination status came amid the city's surging crime levels and the CPD asking suburban cops for help.
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CPD won't release name of Latin School parent who protected serial carjacker
The Chicago Police Department has withheld the name of a Latin School father who refused charges against a violent serial carjacker.
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Coyne: 'A lot of legislation seems to embolden law breakers'
Kevin Coyne is sounding the alarm about what he sees as Chicago’s out-of-control crime problem.
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Alderman Lopez calls chief of police Brown a 'fool' after mispronouncing fallen officer's name
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown is facing calls for his resignation after repeatedly mispronouncing the name of fallen officer Ella French during a recent news conference.
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Caught on video on destruction spree, Matthew Rupert gets 105 months
Galesburg resident Matthew Rupert has been sentenced to 105 months in federal prison after video footage repeatedly captured him at the heart of riot scenes that played out in Chicago and Minnesota following the police killing of George Floyd.
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'We’re not going to be waiting on the bagpipes.' CPD Deputy Chief Eric Carter disses honor guard escort of Ella French’s body
Eric Carter, the Chicago Police Department’s second in command, tried to stop a department honor guard escort of fallen officer Ella French’s body from Cook County Hospital to the county medical examiner’s building Sunday, sources confirm to Chicago City Wire.
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'All uniformed agents need CRT': Chicago Police would take Critical Race Theory courses under bill heralded by activist, political activist
A bill that would require Chicago Police Department employees to take critical race theory (CRT) courses before hiring and during their time in the academy now sits in the Rules Committee in Springfield.
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Police Superintendent Brown: 'There are too many violent offenders and too little consequences in our courts'
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown argues there’s plenty of blame to go around for the city’s runaway crime rate, with state prosecutors and courts being a major part of the problem.
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OPINION: For real police reform, stop letting police union contracts override Illinois law
Nearly a year has passed since George Floyd’s death set off waves of demonstrations across the nation, including Chicago, prompting Illinois’ public leaders to pledge police reforms that both improve public safety and community relationships with law enforcement.But what if none of those promised changes mattered?
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Chicago Contrarian calls alderman's actions at police department 'national embarrassment'
The alderman of Chicago's 25th Ward, Byron Sigcho-Lopez, recently stormed a Chicago police department to question the arrest of a protestor.
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Police union President Catanzara: Law enforcement 'under no obligation to be fired upon'
Chicago Police Union President John Catanzara Jr. said Chicago PD Officer Eric Stillman, who fatally shot a teen, had no way of knowing the boy's intention when the gun became visible.