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Patrol
Chicago's Top Cop: Violent Crime Isn't Out of Control
Superintendent Jody Weis said Monday that homicides have dropped in the past two decades and for the first seven months are "holding even with last year," the newspaper reported.
August 2, 2010
Patrol
FOP Rips Chicago's Top Cop for Exposing Abuse Probe
On Monday, Superintendent Jody Weis revealed that seven Chicago PD officers have now been stripped of their police powers in a growing investigation of the alleged beating of a suspect in custody.
October 17, 2010
Patrol
Chicago Officers 'Cannot Wait' For Top Cop's Departure
Chicago police officers are counting down the days until Superintendent Jody Weis leaves his post as the department's top cop.
September 9, 2010
Patrol
Chicago Lawmakers Want National Guard to Reduce Gun Crime
Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis answers that the National Guard isn't part of the solution. So far this year, 113 people have been killed across the Chicago area, the same number as U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
April 25, 2010
Special Units
Parents of Slain Kids To Chicago Gang Members: How Dare You?
The gang members said they and other gang members were disrespected by police during a surprise meeting with Chicago PD's Superintendent Jody Weis and that their constitutional rights were violated.
September 1, 2010
Patrol
Chicago's Top Cop On the Hot Seat?
Chicago police Superintendent Jody Weis is facing an uncertain summer as recent crime spikes and questions about his leadership have cost him the support of many rank-and-file officers.
April 17, 2010
Special Units
Chicago Police Chief Suspends Weekly "CompStat" Meetings
Jody Weis, Chicago's new police superintendent, has decided to indefinitely postpone the department's weekly meetings in which high-ranking officers discuss trouble spots in the city.
February 27, 2008
Patrol
Chicago Mayor Picks Newark Chief As New Top Cop
Chicago's Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel has picked the Newark (N.J.) Police director as his choice for police superintendent to replace departing Jody Weis, whose FBI background often didn't mesh with patrol officers.
May 1, 2011
Command
Chicago Police Union Votes No Confidence in Superintendent and Mayor
Union President John Catanzara told ABC7 one reason for that decision is the growing frustration over officers' working conditions, citing long shifts and instances when days off were canceled.
May 20, 2021
Patrol
Chicago's Mayor Daley Won't Seek Reelection
In announcing he would not seek re-election in 2011, Daley noted that it's "time for me, it's time for Chicago to move on."
September 6, 2010
Patrol
Chicago Officers Protest Manpower Shortage, Call for New Top Cop
"We've got to show the public that the reality on the street is we are desperately short-handed,'' the report quotes Officer David Garza as saying. "There has been a lot of times when people call for back up and it takes five minutes.''
September 14, 2010
Special Units
Chicago SWAT Veteran Found Slain In SUV
Officer David Blake was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound at about 6:30 p.m. Monday in his vehicle parked in the Southwest side of the city. His service weapon was found inside the vehicle, indicating he was shot be someone inside the SUV with him.
November 22, 2010
Patrol
Chicago Officer Who Pummelled Female Bartender Fired
The Chicago Police Board has fired Anthony Abbate, whose videotaped beat-down of a female bartender while he was off duty landed on YouTube and embarrassed Chicago police.
December 15, 2009
Patrol
Chicago Police Display Honors 100 Years of Fallen Officers
The department has been adding the names and star badges of fallen officers to the public memorial for 100 years.
October 13, 2010
Patrol
Chicago's Top Cop Departs, Former Supt. Takes Interim Job
Weis resigned a day before the end of his contract; he took over leadership of the department in 2008 as a former FBI agent and Florida native who improved the agency's image yet strained relationships with rank-and-file officers.
March 1, 2011
Patrol
A New (Old) Approach to Crimefighting In Chicago
The city's new top cop is implementing a more traditional policing approach, by stressing the need for resources to be in the hands of district commanders to use as they see fit in the neighborhoods they oversee.
June 12, 2011
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