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Recent News About City of Chicago Police Department
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Chicago arrests drop 82 percent in 10 years
Chicago is in line with other large American cities in the sharp drop in arrests over the past 10 years, reports The Center Square.
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Law on cops’ side in bid for arbitration in new contract
Mayor Johnson’s bid to isolate and squash an arbitration provision from a tentative police contract faces a tough legal road.
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Cops furious over release of cop killer Carrasquillo
Chicago police are steaming over the release by an appellate judge of cop killer Ronnie Carrasquillo, who in 1976 ambushed and murdered police office Terrence Loftus, 36, in the Logan Square neighborhood.
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Garrido: ‘It's a beautiful city that's unfortunately being absolutely ruined by politicians’
In a recent YouTube video former Chicago Police officer John Garrido expressed his concerns about the strain on their resources and the challenges Chicago Police face as the city grapples with an increasing influx of illegal immigrants and other issues facing public safety in the city.
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Florida attorney general and Bradenton Police Department promote law enforcement opportunities in Chicago hiring expo
In an effort to attract law enforcement talent to the Sunshine State the Bradenton Police Department made a notable appearance at the Chicago Law Enforcement Hiring Expo.
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Proft: ‘Picture from inside the slumber party at Chicago Police's 22nd district station’
A photo depicting a heavily crowded hallway within Chicago's 22nd District police station has raised concerns about the current state of law enforcement and facilities in the city.
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City Council unanimously approves Larry Snelling as police superintendent
The Chicago City Council unanimously voted to confirm Larry Snelling as the city's new police superintendent.
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Chicago Contrarian: Illegal immigrants ‘demanding they be allowed to use inflatable airbeds and camping tents inside CPD District buildings’
Sheltering at police stations has been noted to cause practical challenges to those working within the buildings, including problems of unsanitary conditions and inappropriate relationships.
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Former city detective to mount pushback campaign against ‘fleecing of taxpayers’ in wrongful conviction payouts
City Council’s approval this week of a $25 million payout to two men convicted of the 1993 murder college basketball star Marshall Morgan Jr. was about all that former Chicago Detective Kenneth Boudreau, who investigated the murder, could take.
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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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Mayor Johnson's police superintendent pick was suspended for associating with felon, excessive force
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's new police superintendent pick, Larry Snelling, has been praised for his physical fitness, honored for his attendance and accused of misconduct over his 31-year career, according to a database of police misconduct complaints published by Invisible Institute.
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Englewood Four case exemplar of how the legal system is being manipulated: former detective
For former homicide Detective Kenneth Boudreau no other case is more an exemplar of the gaming of the criminal justice system than that of Nina Glover, a known prostitute murdered in 1994 in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
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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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Cops battling exposure to illnesses, unsubstantiated sexual misconduct allegations surrounding illegals housed in their stations
One of the fallouts of having hundreds of illegal immigrants housed in police stations around the city is that the police are exposed to illnesses carried by possibly unvaccinated individuals with inadequate, or no, health care, and to their trash.
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Congresswoman Ramirez's Statement Following Reports of Chicago Police Officers Illegal Sexual Relations with Migrants
On July 7, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement on the reports of illegal sexual relations between Chicago police officers and newly arrived migrants:
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Rep. García’s Statement on Reports of Chicago Police Officers Engaging in Illegal Sexual Conduct With Migrants
On July 7, Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) released the following statement on allegations of Chicago police officers engaging in sexual conduct with migrants:
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Reports surrounding police consent decrees usually flawed, law enforcement expert says
A recent report showing that the Chicago police were nine times more likely to stop Blacks than Whites over 2018 and 2019 presents an incomplete and potentially misleading profile of law enforcement practices in the city, says Jason Johnson, president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund out of Washington D.C.
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Lawyers settle wrongful conviction case surrounding murder of college basketball star
In a shocking development, settlements have been reached in the wrongful conviction cases of Tyrone Hood and Wayne Washington, convicted of the 1993 murder of college basketball star Morgan Marshall Jr.