Chicago aldermen to consider rule that would make all vaccine mandates subject to council approval

Chicago FOP president John Catanzara said he's asking officers to attend Monday's meeting. Though he has in the past compared vaccine mandates to Nazi laws, more recently he has framed the battle as a union issue.

Chicago police officer hurt when patrol car struck by Metra train

A Chicago police officer was hospitalized Saturday when their patrol car was struck by a Metra train in suburban Elmwood Park.

Chicago looks to fire officer over incident with CTA worker
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The city of Chicago is moving forward with a plan to fire a police sergeant over an incident that happened after a musician was attacked on the CTA Red Line.

CPD makes new push to recruit more police officers

The Chicago Police Department is on track to lose the most officers ever in a year due to retirements and the stress of the job.

Chicago remembers Laquan McDonald 7 years after his murder

Wednesday marked exactly seven years since teenager Laquan McDonald was murdered by a Chicago police officer.

Judge denies Chicago police union's effort to recuse her from vaccine mandate case

A judge who ordered the president of Chicago’s police officers’ union to stop publicly encouraging his members to disobey the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Wednesday refused the union’s request to recuse herself from the case.

Suburban police say they will not send officers to Chicago should there be a shortage over vaccine mandate

So what happens if the city of Chicago is short on officers amid the dispute over the vaccine mandate? At least three suburban counties say their departments will not be helping out.

Video shows Chicago police fatally shooting man armed with knife

ARMED MAN SHOT: Chicago's police oversight agency released bodycam video Tuesday showing an officer fatally shooting a man who refused to drop a knife in an Englewood apartment last month.

21 Chicago Police officers stripped of powers and pay for not complying with COVID rules

"We are often in people's homes and businesses, and without that vaccination and/or testing we risk community harm, harming our peers, and harming officers and their families," Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said.

Hearing planned Wednesday in Chicago Fraternal Order of Police's battle with city over vaccine mandate

The specific issue to be discussed at Wednesday's hearing is whether Judge Cecilia Horan should recuse herself from the case. Over the weekend, the FOP realized that Horan is associated with the city's Gay and Lesbian Bar Association. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is a lesbian.