
Homicides dropped 18 percent in Chicago last year and crime overall was down 16 percent, according to statistics released by the Chicago PD on Wednesday.
Read More →U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder promised extra federal cash to fight the gun violence plaguing Chicago’s streets Monday, but offered no specifics about how much.
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Police arrested a driver for causing a four-car crash at a traffic stop in Chicago, injuring four officers and five others.
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A Chicago driver hit three cars involved in a traffic stop, injuring a total of nine people, including four officers. Read the full story here.
Read More →Two gang members were convicted Wednesday in the murder of a Chicago police officer who had responded to a call of shots fired in the West Englewood neighborhood in 2009.
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Chicago Police Officer Alejandro "Alex" Valadez died in a volley of gunfire from a passing car as he interviewed a witness after responding to the 6000 block of South Hermitage.
Read More →Tougher gun laws would curb Chicago's street violence rather than intervention by the Illinois National Guard, the city's top cop and mayor said earlier this week.
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About 18,000 applicants hope they'll be chosen for an upcoming Chicago Police recruit class in a year the agency broadened its applicant pool.
Read More →While Marquette Fisher was handcuffed in the backseat of a squad car, he managed to get his hands in front of him, jumped into the front seat and drove off.
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While discussing unsolved murders, state Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago) told a Detroit radio station that some people in the community "believe the police may be involved in some of these murders."
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