Chicago Police Department

A $44.7 million judgment against the city of Chicago resulting from a shooting by an off-duty police officer of his friend, leaving the victim paralyzed, was tossed out Tuesday by the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot signed a measure Tuesday strengthening Chicago’s sanctuary policies by removing exceptions where local police can cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

Police are searching for the occupants two vehicles that followed an off-duty officer Sunday in Bridgeport and fired shots, but didn’t strike him.

A social worker who endured a botched raid conducted by Chicago police officers in 2019 has sued the city, alleging officials engaged in a conspiracy to cover up civil rights violations.

The Chicago Police Department was woefully unprepared for the violence that erupted in the city last year after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody, and some officers took steps to cover up their actions during the unrest, a watchdog agency said in a blistering report released Thursday.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot spent millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief money on the personnel costs for the police department, the city’s budget office revealed Wednesday.

The president of the Chicago police union was suspended on Wednesday from the Chicago Police Department and is in a no pay status, pending the outcome of his case before the Police Board, CPD said.

“Well I think we are making progress. Are we exactly where we want to be? No, we have more work to do,” said CPD Policing and Reform Director Robert Boik.

Chicago Police Department on Sunday submitted its third reform report to an independent, federal' mandated monitor – filing 93% more documents than in the two prior reports and ramping up efforts in the pace and progress of police reform, officials said.

A Chicago police officer was indicted on more felony charges, including attempted murder, for an off-duty shooting while he was allegedly intoxicated.

With carjackings out of control across the city of Chicago, police are employing some new strategies.

Chicago saw more than 180% more carjackings in January than during the same month in 2020 -- and police believe most of the offenses are being committed by young adults and teenagers.

The Chicago Police Board ruled Thursday that no officers will face discipline for a 2018 incident in which a 10-year-old boy was handcuffed and searched for weapons.

Chicago police released new surveillance video Thursday showing an armed carjacking in the Loop, and these carjackers may be linked to crimes from the city to the suburbs.