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"I have profound regret and sadness that the work of our agency has in any way hurt the French family and those who mourn her and I will work steadfastly to ensure a situation like this never happens again," Andrea Kersten said.

A scuffle between a student and an armed Chicago police officer working as a security guard at Westinghouse College Prep is the subject of dual investigations.

Twenty Chicago aldermen are outraged over the mayor's choice to lead the city’s civilian police watchdog group.

“Don't ruin my office. I'm coming for the keys,” John Catanzara said when asked if he has a message for the current mayor, Lori Lightfoot.

We do not often see the people answering our 911 calls or those guiding police on their radios, but several were honored on Monday.

Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara announced on Monday that he is retiring from the Chicago Police Department, right after the first day of his termination hearing.

Julia Lynn Callaway, 55, was walking near 79th and Lafayette in Chatham when a car officers were chasing drove on to the sidewalk. She was on her way to pick up her only grandchild. She was killed.

John Catanzara joined the Chicago Police Department in 1995 and was elected the union's president while he was under investigation. He says that he can continue to serve as the police union president even if the police department fires him.

"I am disappointed. As we all know, painfully, Ella French gave her life in service to the city. It is disappointing to me, in light of her passing, that COPA still felt the need to include her name in their recommendation for discipline of a deceased individual. That, to me, seems the height of tone-deafness," the mayor said.

"They wonder why no one wants to serve as a member of the Chicago Police Department anymore. Another assault like this, despicable. Ella French was a hero," said Ald. Matt O’Shea.

"While the IG's report makes note that CPD is hiring a suitable number of minorities, it also makes clear that most of the minorities hired are not of African-American descent," said Pastor Rich Redmond.

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown wants to fire the sergeant who oversaw a raid on the wrong home that resulted in social worker Anjanette Young being handcuffed while she was naked.

Nearly four dozen survivors of Chicago police torture took to the witness stand Wednesday in an effort to overturn a man's conviction.

The Chicago Police Department says they have canceled one regular day off for all city officers this upcoming weekend to "enhance public safety and to address current crime patterns." However, the Chicago Sun-Times reports the reason for the cancelation is the city is bracing for the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.

More than 80 percent of city workers who have responded to the vaccine portal are fully vaccinated, and those numbers continue to grow despite legal challenges.