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A Chicago police spokesman says two high-ranking officers have been reprimanded after a video surfaced that showed officers posing with a handcuffed suspect at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh.
The Chicago Police Department is investigating several of its officers accused of forcing a college student they arrested during last month's G-20 summit in Pittsburgh to pose for a group photo with them.
Four former members of an now-disbanded Chicago police unit admitted Friday to taking part in a brazen scheme in which they barged into homes and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from suspected drug dealers and others — once after withholding insulin from a diabetic man until he told them where to find the cash.
There was no tear gas anywhere, and some of those who showed up for a reunion of Chicago Police officers who worked during the 1968 Democratic National Convention hung up their badges — and their billy clubs — a long time ago.
The city's police superintendent turned over a list of officers Friday who have repeated complaints filed against them by the public, two days after a judge held him in contempt for refusing to do so.
Chicago's top police official is defying orders from two federal judges to turn over lists of officers who have repeated complaints filed against them by the public, saying it would unfairly inflict harm on some members of the force.
An angry Chicago Police superintendent vowed Thursday to find out how a 14-year-old boy allegedly impersonated a police officer and even went on patrol for several hours last weekend.
A third lawsuit claims Chicago police harassed black residents cheering President-elect Barack Obama's win on Election Night.
A lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that while a huge Chicago crowd celebrated the election of the first black U.S. president, some white city police officers committed hate crimes against a black family cheering Barack Obama's victory from home.
The head of the nation's second-largest police department says he is establishing a new unit to deal with gang slayings, which he blames for a murder rate that eclipses that of New York and Los Angeles.
Serious crime is up but arrests are down in Chicago, and some police officers say they are working the streets less aggressively out of resentment toward their new chief and fear of being second-guessed by him.
Just months into his job, the outsider brought in to shake up Chicago's police department is on the hot seat over an increase in homicides and other violent crimes and a decrease in gun seizures, arrests and even traffic stops.
Everyone expected Jody Weis to make changes in the Chicago Police Department when he left the FBI to become the first outsider in decades to head the city force.
The city's new police superintendent is replacing 21 of 25 district commanders in an attempt to overhaul a department that had its image marred by allegations of misconduct.
Aldermen on Wednesday approved a nearly $20 million settlement with four former death-row inmates who claim they were tortured by Chicago police.
The Chicago Police Department will disband an elite drug and gang unit under state and federal investigation for allegations ranging from armed violence and home invasion to kidnapping and plotting a murder-for-hire, officials said Tuesday.
Three police officers in a troubled unit have been assigned to desk duty after questions arose about the accuracy of a police report on a March 2004 drug arrest, a newspaper reported Saturday.
The City Council on Thursday gave Mayor Richard M. Daley direct command of the office that investigates police misconduct, hoping to restore public confidence in a department that has been dogged by a series of embarrassing abuse allegations.
Three Chicago police officers were charged Tuesday with beating four businessmen at a bar in an attack authorities said was caught on videotape, officials said.
Chicago police beat, kicked, shocked or otherwise tortured scores of black suspects in the 1970s and 1980s to try to extract confessions from them, prosecutors reported Wednesday.
Sex assault, robbery victims liedAn Area 2 investigation revealed that a Sept. 25 sexual assault in Beverly and an attempted armed robbery and sexual abuse four days later in Morgan Park were unfounded.
State investigates Mount HopeThe Illinois Comptroller's Office has confirmed with the Southwest Observer that it is investigating reports of misconduct at Mount Hope Cemetery in Morgan Park.
Fallen Police Detective Joseph Airhart Honored For HeroicsOn Tuesday, Gov. Pat Quinn, Mayor Richard M. Daley and police Supt. Jody Weis honored Airhart at Chicago Police Headquarters, 3510 S. Michigan Ave.
6 Shot Outside Chicago Church* 2009 Aug 3 (AP) CHICAGO - Chicago police say six people suffered gunshot wounds when someone fired into a crowd outside a church where mourners were gathered.
FBI: Body of Jennifer Hudson's 7-Year Old Nephew FoundA top FBI official said Monday that a body found in an SUV is believed to be that of Jennifer Hudson's missing 7-year-old nephew, the focus of a desperate search since the Oscar winner's mother and brother were found shot to death in their home three days earlier.
I have the dubious distinction of being one of the first journalists to be beaten by the Chicago police in 1968. My own personal cop clubbing came in a different era in a different city at a different Democratic National Convention.
Phone Scam Involving Prisoners Goes Long DistanceThis one is actually pretty funny - if you are not one of the victims getting his long distance bill run up by a stranger.
Now police are told they can use Taser guns on childrenSeeded per Oth's request in Man who used stun gun on toddler gets 46 months Police have been given the go-ahead to use Taser stun guns against children.
New Chicago police superintendent plans to review excessive-force case against officerWatch the hospital surveillance video. It clearly shows a Chicago police officer beating a defenseless man shackled to his wheelchair.
Aldermen push to test Chicago cops for alcohol after police shootingsI would have thought tests for drugs and alcohol to be standard proceedure already...but then again this is Chicago.
Chicago: Third Police Beating Caught On Tape - News StoryI'm starting to think that news footage of the 1968 Democratic Convention is shown to Chicago Police trainees as exemplary behavior.
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