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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s call for police policy changes comes four years after the U.S. Justice Department recommended in a report about CPD’s practices that it adopt a foot pursuit policy.
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Officer James Kouski, 58, was hit by a sedan while standing near the road at approximately 3 a.m. Saturday. Kouski succumbed to his injuries shortly after the crash.
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Two people were in an alley and fled officers, who pursued them on foot, according to the police statement. The chase "resulted in a confrontation," police said. One officer shot Adam Toledo, 13, in the chest, and he was declared dead at the scene.
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Trooper Todd Hanneken was westbound on Route 10 when his squad car left the road. His car hit a light pole and then a tree.
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Police released dashcam video that shows the moment of impact. Investigators said the officer was driving westbound when a black Impala driving at a high rate of speed hit the police cruiser.
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The officer was stopped at a traffic light while off-duty in his personal vehicle at about 12:21 p.m. when the suspects pulled up behind and alongside the vehicle and fired shots inside, wounding the officer in the lower torso, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said.
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Authorities said Officer Gary Hibbs got into a fight that morning with a suspect he was trying to place under arrest and fell to the ground. He required immediate medical assistance and was transported to an area hospital.
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The state’s new massive criminal justice reform law coddles criminals and hammers cops.
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The announcement comes less than a week after 38-year-old Officer Jeffrey Troglia fatally shot himself in the basement of his Mount Greenwood home. Days earlier, another officer, 47-year-old James Daly, killed himself at the Town Hall police station on the North Side.
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Jovan Battle helped the alleged shooter, Menelik Jackson, because, as Battle told investigators, they were both members of the Gangster Disciples street gang, the judge said.
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