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Chicago will drop controversial ShotSpotter gunfire detection system

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson followed through on his campaign promise by announcing the city won't renew the contract for the system, which critics have called ineffective and costly.

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Police Officer's Libel Case Against Newsweek May Proceed

From Wolinski v. Newsweek Digital, LLC, decided yesterday by Judge Jeremy Daniel (N.D. Ill.): According to the amended complaint, in February 2019, Plaintiff Alex Wolinski, a sergeant in the Chicago Police Department, supervised a tactical team of twelve Chicago Police Department officers in the execution of a search warrant at…

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UIC campus cop with extremist ties is banned from testifying in Cook County court cases

The officer continued to work for the state university despite acknowledging he signed up years ago with the anti-government Oath Keepers, which played a key role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

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Applications now open to serve on civilian police oversight commission

A lengthy list of requirements includes living in the city for the last five years, and not working for CPD, COPA or the Police Board in that time. The deadline to apply is noon on Feb. 7. Out of 14 nominees, the mayor will choose seven.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s anti-violence strategy takes ex-Mayor Lightfoot’s plans to a new level in 4 violent neighborhoods

Mayor Brandon Johnson plans a range of resources, including another round of guaranteed basic income, targeted this time to four neighborhoods.

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New policy bars Chicago cops from joining hate, extremist groups

The policy was approved Monday by a civilian-led oversight panel after CPD investigated but took little action against cops with connections to far-right groups, including the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and Three Percenters.

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Despite internal police alerts, scant evidence of violent gang members among Venezuelan migrants in Chicago

Cops were warned to check crime suspects for tattoos linked to the El Tren de Aragua prison gang. A Sun-Times analysis found shoplifting and domestic violence arrests, but little proof of the gang’s presence among migrants.

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Chicago police officer charged with striking 8th grade boy at South Side school

Officer Craig Lancaster was charged Thursday with aggravated battery, a felony, after the boy’s family released video of the incident.

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Top cop’s public commitment to transparency could lead to long sought Chicago Police reforms, independent monitor suggests

The Chicago Police Department had reached some level of compliance with about 80% of the consent decree’s mandated changes by June 30 but was in full compliance with just 6%, according to the monitor’s latest report.

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There’s no place for Oath Keepers and other far-right extremists among Chicago police

Without the three-part investigation ‘Extremism in the Ranks,” how long would the problem of Oath Keepers and other extremists in the Chicago Police Department have been left to fester?

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Client of crooked Bridgeport bank got out of $4 million owed by going bankrupt, then got millions more in loans

A month after Edward H. Gobbo got out of bankruptcy, Washington Federal Bank for Savings CEO John F. Gembara starting giving him loans of millions, records show. When the bank went bust, Gobbo or his immediate family owed more than $3.8 million on 27 residential loans, some of them years…

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Chicago’s top cop vows ‘stringent’ efforts to root out officers with extremist ties after investigation by WBEZ, Sun-Times

Supt. Larry Snelling and other brass did not explain the department’s lack of action since a membership list was leaked two years ago.

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Exodus of Chicago cops from the force has slowed, Supt. Larry Snelling tells City Council

Snelling sought to reassure alderpersons the shortage of officers that has allowed robberies to soar won’t get worse, and might even get better.

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What Chicago police did when the Ku Klux Klan infiltrated its ranks

When Chicago cops joined the KKK 55 years ago, the department moved quickly to fire them.

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How the Chicago Police Department tolerates officers with ties to extremism and what’s being done about it

A new civilian oversight panel is working with Chicago police on a policy that would bar officers from joining hate and extremist groups.

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How we investigated cops with ties to the Oath Keepers

Reporters with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ filed more than 200 open records requests with the Chicago Police Department and other law enforcement agencies across Illinois.

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Chicago police officers with ties to extremist Oath Keepers stay on the force. Some have troubling records.

An investigation by WBEZ, Chicago Sun-Times and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project found allegations of excessive force, improper searches and racist comments on the job.

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Man in Chicago police uniform at Palestinian march in Loop spurs CPD investigation

A Chicago Sun-Times photographer took photos of the flag-waving man Wednesday. Chicago police wouldn’t confirm his identity, but he wore a uniform with a badge number of a 23-year department veteran.

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Brandon Johnson’s budget address reveals how Chicago plans to address crime, migrant crisis and property taxes

The mayor presented $16.6 billion 2024 city budget to the City Council today. Here’s how he wants to use taxpayer money.

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Black drivers are pulled over by police more, mostly for non-moving violations

In recent years, the share of Black drivers involved in traffic stops statewide has reached the highest level on record, a WBEZ/Investigative Project on Race and Equity investigation has found.

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New ATF boss in Chicago setting up ‘intelligence center’ to solve more gun crimes

Christopher Amon is working with the Chicago Police Department to create a Crime Gun Intelligence Center to better trace the history of guns taken off the street.

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City Council unanimously confirms Snelling as city’s top cop. Now the hard part.

Larry Snelling must confront Chicago’s persistent crime, including an alarming surge of robberies that has residents of several North Side neighborhoods up in arms.

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Traffic stops of Black drivers across Illinois at a 20-year high despite law Obama championed

The law that then-state Sen. Barack Obama sponsored aimed to collect law enforcement data and reduce racial disparities in police traffic stops but has fallen short, a WBEZ / Investigative Project on Race and Equity has found.

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Chicago should fully embrace alternatives to 911 police response for mental health calls

Next summer a new state law will require every 911 district in the state to refer appropriate calls to a non-police mental health crisis response program.

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My fault Sox game not stopped after stadium shooting, interim police superintendent says

Fred Waller, Chicago’s temporary top cop, blames “miscommunication” for error, says issue has been remedied.

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