Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) strongly denied that he had anything to do with an alleged attack on two campaign petition circulators who were collecting signatures for rival 28th Ward candidates.

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) says it’s adding an “additional shift” to its SWAT force, giving the city around-the-clock protection against acts of terrorism, hostage takings and other public-safety crises demanding a rapid police response.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Corporation Counsel Ed Siskel, Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Commissioner (BACP) Rosa Escareno, and Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Julie Morita, MD today to announce that the City of Chicago will file suit against eight online sellers of e-cigarette products for illegally selling their products to Chicago youth.

"The media in Chicago is fiercely anti-police,' said Martin Preib, vice president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police. "So much so that it's almost impossible for a police officer to get a fair trial in Chicago."

A Chicago area newspaper that specializes in minority reporting is questioning whether eight black city council members were bought off with campaign donations in a $5 million legal settlement paid in a teenager's 2014 shooting death by a city police officer.

"There will be an appeal," Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham told the Chicago Tribune. "Mark my words, there will be an appeal. We do think Jason has a tough road to go but he is not standing alone."

The hallucinogenic drug phencyclidine, or PCP, in Laquan McDonald’s system was a significant factor in what eventually led to his 2014 shooting death by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, drug recognition experts say.

Jurors deciding the fate of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke heard key testimony on the mental state of the teen, high on PCP, who refused commands to drop a knife.

In a recent radio appearance, former Chicago police superintendent and mayoral candidate Garry McCarthy called the recent settlement to the family of Laquan McDonald "a cover-up."

Jerry Morrison, the politically well-connected and outspoken head of the SEIU, one of the state’s largest public sector unions, is scheduled to appear in the Misdemeanor Section of the Circuit Court of Cook County on October 2 on one charge of battery.

Morning Answer - Former Chicago Police officer Brian Warner joins Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson

The Illinois Attorney General’s recently drafted a consent decree in conjunction with the City of Chicago that outlined changes seeking to improve police accountability and address excessive force and other problematic areas.

Rafael Mangual believes Chicago’s criminal justice system is exacerbating Chicago’s crime rate by letting repeat offenders out too soon.

Morning Answer - Greg Livingston of Coalition for a New Chicago reacts to the weekend shootings in Chicago

New plans for another march against gun violence are under way. Are they effective? The team discusses.

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) has organized a “Take Back the Streets” rally at 7 p.m. today on 49th and Cicero, a corner in Archer Heights that has neighbors on a crusade to rid it, and the entire block, of prostitutes and drug dealers.

Chicago’s SWAT teams are ill-prepared to respond to terrorism, the taking of a hostage or any other crisis that demands a rapid, full-scale police presence, a former SWAT team member says.

BetterGov investigates 14 ways to improve the tricky yet overtly powerful police contract in Chicago.

Chicago Police (CPD) have yet to make any arrests stemming from a mob assault, caught on video, on a 15-year-old male near Lane Tech High School in Roscoe Village during a Memorial Day weekend carnival.

Chicago City Wire has learned that Chicago Police (CPD) routinely has only two members of its SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) unit on duty in the city overnight.