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The Chicago Police Department made 45% fewer traffic stops in 2024, but Black and Latino drivers were four times more likely ...
CPD traffic stops for minor violations ripped as 'gateway to criminal charges' at meeting seeking possible reforms At a meeting of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability ...
Chicago police oversight body hears traffic stop concerns and ideas for reform Residents shared negative experiences with traffic stops for minor infractions, while experts shared reforms enacted ...
Recent analysis of the Chicago Police Department’s radio dispatch data uncovered that over one-third of traffic stops are not reported, a violation of Illinois state law. This amounts to ...
In Chicago, it has declined sharply since a 2015 reform agreement between the ACLU and the Chicago Police Department. Meanwhile, traffic stops have surged in Chicago, rising from less than 200,000 ...
CHICAGO — Traffic stops by Chicago police have more than doubled over the past nine years in what the American Civil Liberties Union, a civil rights group, is calling the “new stop-and-frisk ...
Well, Chicago police made nearly 300,000 traffic stops last year that they reported to state officials nearly 65% of those were based on officers observation of >> a broken headlight are broken.
The first draft of the Chicago Police Department’s future policy regulating traffic stops was unveiled Thursday.. And though officers would not be barred from conducting “lawful pretextual ...
Still grappling with ‘nuanced space’ of traffic stops in high-crime zones, CPD is about to deliver a new policy Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune Mon, April 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM UTC ...
CHICAGO (WGN) – A Chicago police officer was injured after being dragged by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop Saturday evening, causing their weapon to discharge. Chicago police said the ...
Traffic stops by Chicago police have more than doubled over the past nine years in what the American Civil Liberties Union, a civil rights group, is calling the “new stop-and-frisk.” Stop and ...