Plus: Chicago fails to notify residents of contaminated drinking water and Alderperson Walter Burnett is stepping down.

Accused gunman Steven Montano sat expressionless at the defense table amid the first day of testimony at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse. The slain officer’s wife and mother were among grieving ...

Following a nationwide search, longtime law enforcement officer Randall L. Darlin has been appointed Chief of Police in Evans ...

The BriefThe Chicago Park District’s internal review found former lifeguard Charles Leto passed all required background checks, though earlier disputes with staff and patrons were never formally ...

A man has been arrested in connection to a June 5 shooting that killed Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera. The Chicago Police Department announced on June 8 that Adrian Rucker, 25, has been ...

Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera was killed in a Chatham shooting on South Drexel Avenue. She was shot by a fellow officer, CPD says.

A 36-year-old police officer who was a mother to a young daughter and four-year veteran of the Chicago Police has been shot and killed while on duty in Chicago.

The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored ...

Chicago police reforms continue while DOJ pulls plug on other cities To use an old gangland term: Chicago is "untouchable" from the long arm of the Department of Justice in Washington. Here is why.

A leader with the Chicago Police Department reportedly sent an internal memo warning that officers were not following the dress code and would be disciplined.

The head of the agency charged with investigating Chicago Police Department misconduct resigned two weeks before the city’s police oversight board planned to take a vote of no confidence in her ...

Chicago’s ex-police oversight chief slams push to fire her as ‘inherently unfair’ Andrea Kersten, ex-chief administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, said a civilian ...