Chicago Police Department overhauls controversial system for recording ‘positive’ interactions with public

Six months after Chicago Police Supt. David Brown set a controversial goal of conducting 1.5 million “positive community interactions” this year, the department released a draft policy Wednesday aimed at overhauling the troubled system for tracking the encounters.

Chicago cop resigns after North Avenue Beach confrontation
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A Chicago police officer who got into a confrontation with a Black woman at North Avenue Beach last August has resigned.

New details released after Chicago man allegedly shoots cop during traffic stop

The attorney noted that Jermone Halsey — who has a FOID card and a concealed carry license — told Chicago police at the hospital afterward that he feared for his safety when the officers boxed him in an alley. To Halsey, it was “just an SUV of three people … following him into an alley, getting out of their car with weapons drawn.”

Chicago man charged with shooting police officer during traffic stop

A 27-year-old Chicago man faces attempted murder charges after allegedly shooting a Chicago police officer in West Englewood Sunday afternoon.

Chicago police seize kilo of weed, magic mushrooms from underground pot parties

Chicago police busted five black market weed dealers for allegedly selling their wares at two unsanctioned events last week, seizing more than a kilogram of cannabis, other pot products and hundreds of grams of psychedelic mushrooms.

Lightfoot unloads on Chicago judges after three police shootings in a week

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday responded to a recent spate of shootings targeting three law enforcement officers in the last week with her most vociferous attack to date on criminal court judges.

Family of woman killed in Chicago police crash calls for action, outlines 3 demands

Lawyers for the family of an 84-year-old woman who was killed in a crash involving Chicago police is calling for action, saying the city has done nothing to try to resolve a lawsuit filed in response to the tragedy.

Wounded officer Fernanda Ballesteros released from the hospital
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Amid a violent week that saw two Chicago police officers shot, FOX 32's Joanie Lum reports on of those officers is now out of the hospital and going home.

COPA shares video of shootout between off-duty cop and catalytic converter thieves

Chicago’s police oversight agency released video Thursday that shows an off-duty officer exchange gunfire with someone who was trying to steal a catalytic converter in Norwood Park.