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Finalist for CPD supt. job to carry out police reforms
A retired West Coast police chief who has said cops should be “guardians not warriors” was appointed Tuesday to carry out reforms within the Chicago Police Department. Anne Kirkpatrick, the former...
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Man holds news conference on suing cops, then nabbed for murder
Moments after Dominiq Greer held a news conference Wednesday to announce a lawsuit seeking $15 million from the city — alleging a Chicago Police officer wrongfully shot him seven times — he was...
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City Hall releases emails of former police Supt. Garry McCarthy
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration on Thursday released former Chicago police Supt. Garry McCarthy’s emails during his final weeks on the city payroll — a collection of documents that includes...
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Paramedics not told of police role in deaths of Jones and LeGrier
Paramedics and firefighters got to the scene only minutes after Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones were fatally shot on the West Side the day after Christmas — but police officers there never told them...
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Man with video of cop kicking suspect plans to give it to feds
The man who recorded video of a Chicago cop kicking a suspect in the head said he will turn over his iPhone to the Justice Department — and not the Chicago Police Department or the city’s Independent...
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Ex-top cop McCarthy on Rahm: ‘He didn’t even have the balls …’
Former Chicago police Supt. Garry McCarthy wasn’t too impressed with how Mayor Rahm Emanuel handled his firing in December, apparently criticizing the mayor’s manhood — or lack thereof — in an email....
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Man kicked in head by cop faces charges
Chicago Police on Thursday arrested a man who was shown on a video getting kicked in the head by an officer as he struggled on the ground with another officer after a foot chase earlier this week....
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Man sues city after video shows CPD officer punching him
A 22-year-old man on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging a Chicago Police officer used excessive force in arresting him after he called out for help because he’d just been robbed at...
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Feds say video shows multimillionaire gang leader shooting man
Thaddeus “TJ” Jimenez, once awarded $25 million by a jury for an overturned murder conviction, was driving around in his Mercedes convertible with a fellow gang member on Aug. 17, 2015 — and both of...
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Mob crook gets 18 years; convicted wife on leave from county job
An Outfit-connected career criminal has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in a high-profile racketeering case brought by Cook County prosecutors. Paul Koroluk, 57, pleaded guilty on June 13 to a...
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Innovative program cuts violent-crime arrests among Chicago youth
Crimes committed by at-risk Chicago students dropped in half, and high-school graduations rose sharply in an innovative education program called Becoming a Man that is capturing national attention and...
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Johnson says cops on OT will now work in their ‘home districts’
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said Tuesday that beat officers will now have to work overtime shifts in their “home districts” where they’re assigned — a change he hopes will make them more...
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CPD’s civilian hiring moves Chicago closer to other big cities
The Chicago Police Department has far fewer civilian employees per capita than other major U.S. cities, according to Justice Department figures. Chicago had 32 civilians working on the department for...
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Cook County judges not following bail recommendations: study
Cook County judges routinely make bail decisions for crime suspects contrary to what the judges’ new risk-assessment system calls for, according to a review of more than 1,500 cases this year obtained...
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Cop in ‘antlers photo’ shouldn’t get job back, appeals court says
A former Chicago Police detective shown in a photo posing as a hunter who bagged a black teenager as a trophy should not get his job back, an Illinois appellate court has ruled. Timothy McDermott had...
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A football star, a teacher and — a heroin dealer?
Brian Thurman was a college football player who went on to become a teacher in the northwest suburbs, but at the same time he was working with kids he was a heroin dealer, federal officials said...
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Teacher convicted of dealing heroin, faces at least 5 years
A federal jury decided Thursday that a suburban teacher was also a heroin dealer. Brian Thurman, 44, was convicted of distribution of heroin, which carries a minimum sentence of five years in prison....
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FBI informant was threatened long before his murder, lawyer says
Almost a year before Keith Daniels was shot to death in front of his three young children and girlfriend in 2013, his cover as an FBI informant was blown, an attorney for the man accused in his murder...
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Webb: No corruption at city law department, but changes needed
After more than six months reviewing the civil rights division of Chicago City Hall’s law department, former U.S. Attorney Dan K. Webb has recommended more than 50 policy changes but found no “evidence...
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Cook County jail guard charged with felony in inmate beating
A Cook County Sheriff’s correctional officer accused of punching a detainee was released on his own recognizance Thursday after a judge watched videos of the beating and said it could be argued that...
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