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Robberies in Chicago are at a six-year high

Neighborhoods on Chicago’s West and Northwest sides have experienced the biggest increases. Citywide numbers are still lower than 10 years ago.

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Incoming top cop Snelling is right: ‘We can’t do this unless we do it together’

Chicagoans and the CPD must take a step forward and start working together to change the city for the better.

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Mayor’s pick for top cop asks for collaboration from community at public forum: ‘We have to be partners in this’

Larry Snelling calls on the public to be partners with the Chicago Police Department in addressing deep-rooted community problems and fighting crime.

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Civilian oversight commission poised to bury CPD’s error-filled gang database

The Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability also will hold a public forum Thursday with CPD Counterterrorism Chief Larry Snelling, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s choice to become Chicago’s permanent police superintendent.

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Nearly half the time, Chicago cops don’t record time of arrival at emergency scenes

Inspector General Deborah Witzburg set out to determine if 911 calls from Black and Hispanic neighborhoods get slower response time. She couldn’t — because much of the data does not exist.

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Police stops in Black, Brown communities are more about traffic violations than skin color

In a recent opinion essay, a writer said Chicago police stop Black and Brown drivers for minor equipment and registration violations, but those violations are cause to stop a car regardless of the neighborhood.

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Nearly five years after pleading guilty to a felony, Chicago cop remains on the force

Joseph DeRosa pleaded guilty to resisting and obstructing police. It’s supposed to bar him from being a cop in Illinois.

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Unnecessary traffic stops by Chicago police impact daily lives of Black and Brown drivers

No matter how much I vary my routes, I am stopped by Chicago police. These stops are nothing but harassment. They make Black and Brown people late for work or school and leave us feeling like targets because of our race or ethnicity.

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Chicago murders are down 21% from horrendous 2021 as summer ends

Police data show murders are continuing to fall, but the numbers through August remain elevated from what was typical just a few years ago.

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Man gets life sentence in killing of off-duty Chicago cop Clifton Lewis in 2011; vows to appeal, says he was framed

Alexander Villa was convicted of gunning down Lewis during the armed robbery of a convenience store at Division Street and Austin Boulevard, where Lewis was working as a security guard.

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Judge denies bid for new trial in off-duty cop’s slaying

The sentencing of Alexander Villa, found guilty at trial for the 2011 murder of Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis in 2019, has been scheduled for Monday.

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Logan Square Farmers Market back on Sunday after backlash over ‘pause’

The Logan Square Chamber of Commerce said the market is back on in an email Friday morning but offered no explanation.

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CPD officer gets one-year suspension for role in 2020 shooting of unarmed man on Red Line platform

Former Supt. David Brown had recommended Officers Bernard Butler and Melvina Bogard be fired. Bogard resigned from CPD before a disciplinary hearing was held.

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Mayor scores a win with Snelling, a bad misstep with Arwady

Mayor Brandon Johnson selected 29-year veteran Larry Snelling to be the city’s next police superintendent, days after the misstep of abruptly firing Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady.

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Chicago’s new police superintendent inherits a department notoriously slow to enact reforms

Larry Snelling, the mayor’s choice to lead the Chicago Police Department, would take over a federally mandated overhaul of the department.

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Larry Snelling, mayor’s pick for top cop, vows to help both ‘forgotten’ crime victims, disenchanted officers: ‘We have to love them’

Snelling’s appointment by Mayor Brandon Johnson must be confirmed by the City Council. Before that crucial vote, he is expected to be introduced to Chicago residents — and face questions — during at least one public hearing.

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Chicago police policies on searching pedestrians, vehicles need a new review, activists say

A 2015 suit mandated court oversight of the Chicago Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practices, but civil rights groups say there are holes in a proposed deal to merge the case into a consent decree governing the department.

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Charges dropped against former Chicago cop seen in viral video confronting dog walker at beach

Criminal charges against Bruce Dyker, who resigned from the Chicago Police Department last year, were dropped by Cook County, but a civil case is pending.

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Johnson urged to pick Snelling for top cop as signs point in that direction

The mayor spent much of Monday in exhaustive City Hall meetings with each of the three finalists.

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Mom loses daughter in West Side mass shooting, second child to be shot to death. ‘That was my number one fear.’

Kanesha Gaines was at a backyard birthday party in the 1500 block of South Keeler Avenue when a black Jeep pulled up early Sunday and several gunmen opened fire, striking nine people, police said.

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COPA unable to find victims in probe of Chicago officers allegedly having sex with migrants housed at stations

Leaders of Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Tuesday said they have been unable to identify any victim in their investigation of claims that at least one officer engaged in a sexual relationship with a migrant being housed at a West Side police facility, but said another allegation has…

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No immigrant victims have come forward in probe of alleged Chicago cop sexual misconduct, civilian oversight chief says

Andrea Kersten said “an unprecedented amount of media attention and public scrutiny” prompted her to take the unusual step of briefing the media on the investigation.

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Cops deserve 12 weeks of paid parental leave, just like teachers

It is only fair to offer the same parental leave option for police officers at a time when it is difficult to recruit and retain them.

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Cook County state’s attorney’s office releases updated list of cops who won’t be called to testify, most of them CPD members

The Cook County state’s attorney’s office on Monday made public a list of 174 current and former law enforcement officers who will not be called to testify in court proceedings.

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$4.98 million CPD settlement tied to traffic stops clears Council committee

All but $112,500 of the nearly $5 million settlement approved by the City Council’s Finance Committee is going toward attorneys’ fees.

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