Chicago Police Department

A shooting that claimed the life of a Chicago police officer unfolded in front of a group of children who were playing at a nearby grade school in Gage Park, according to a witness who called 911.

Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso was shot and killed as he chased an armed suspect who suddenly turned and fired "at close range" Wednesday afternoon in Gage Park.

Supt. David Brown announced the Chicago Police Department's new Chief of the Bureau of Detectives Wednesday afternoon.

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown is resigning from the police department effective March 16.

Chicago is now changing which 911 calls warrant a mental health response, instead of a police officer.

Danny Golden was paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot in the back while off-duty outside a bar in Beverly last summer.

Two Chicago police officers were involved in a crash in the Marquette Park neighborhood Friday afternoon.

Chicago police are urging Jewish and other religious communities to be extra vigilant this weekend when a neo-Nazi group has declared a “day of hate.”

Chicago City Council members repeatedly expressed their frustration Wednesday as police officials gave conflicting, sometimes puzzling reasons why they have not moved more aggressively against officers tied to far-right groups implicated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said pension board members appointed by Mayor Lightfoot denied her ailing brother duty disability benefits, even though he caught COVID-19 while on the job as a CPD detective sergeant.