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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2016

Chicago Police Union Asks Officers Not to Work Overtime During Labor Day Weekend

"In order to show unity and to protest the continued disrespect of Chicago Police Officers and the killings of Law Enforcement Officers across our Country, we are requesting FOP Members to refrain from volunteering to work ... for the entire Labor Day Weekend," the memo said.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 31, 2016

Chicago Gangs No Longer Know or Fear the Police, and Bodies Pile Up

Politicians know that the gangs are reason for the deaths. Calling it "gun violence" is much safer, especially in wards where gangs often provide political muscle.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 30, 2016

Chicago Civilian Office on Police Accountability to Replace IPRA

The new agency charged with investigating possible police wrongdoing in Chicago will be called the Civilian Office on Police Accountability, aldermen were told Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 18, 2016

Chicago Superintendent Seeks to Fire 7 Officers Over Laquan McDonald Shooting

Chicago's police superintendent has recommended that seven officers be fired for lying in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald in October 2014.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 17, 2016

Chicago Officer Wounded in Carjacking Investigation

The officers tried to stop him, but the man stuck a gun out the window and fired shots at the squad car, according to a statement from the Chicago Police Department. One bullet struck the squad car and grazed an officer in the face, it said.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 5, 2016

Chicago Police Warn Violence Against Officers Possible After OIS Video Released

Chicago police have warned their law enforcement counterparts across the nation that the release of body camera video showing the fatal shooting of a man by officers may cause violence against law enforcement.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 22, 2016

Video: Chicago Officer Shot, Suspect Killed in Thursday Gunfight

Officers on bicycles were near the Battle of Fort Dearborn Park when a concerned citizen told them there was a man nearby acting erratically, Superintendent Eddie Johnson said in a news conference.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 8, 2016

Chicago Officers Use Military Training to Save Shooting Victim

Cabral, an Army veteran, began applying pressure to the man's chest wound. When that failed, he asked Zuniga, who was a Navy veteran, to grab a QuikClot Combat Gauze from the first-aid kit in his vest and used it to control the bleeding until paramedics arrived.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 14, 2016

Video: Chicago Officer on Desk Duty Over Use of Force

A Chicago police officer has been placed on desk duty after a video surfaced that appears to show the officer kicking a man in the head on Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 10, 2016

Chicago Police Plan to Revamp Overtime Program

As Chicago struggles with some of the worst violence it has seen since the 1990s, the Police Department plans on revamping its overtime program that allows a couple of hundred officers each day to work on their days off, officials said.

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