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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 27, 2012

Chicago Cop Killer Gets Life

Cook County Judge Nicholas Ford on Tuesday sentenced Lamar Cooper to life in prison for gunning down Chicago Police officer Nathaniel Taylor Jr. on Sept. 28, 2008.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 27, 2012

Chicago Police Take Down Two West-Side Gangs

Chicago Police officers have arrested 45 gang members on the city's West Side in a joint city-federal operation, recovering $1.6 million in narcotics and eight firearms. The operation targeted the most violent members of the Traveling Vice Lords and Four Corner Hustlers.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2012

Chicago Police Detain Reporters at Hospital

A photographer and reporter were arrested by Chicago police on Saturday as they tried to cover the shooting death of a 6-year-old girl. Hospital personnel claimed the media members were trespassing.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2012

Chicago Tactical Officer Shot by Curfew Violator

A tactical Chicago Police officer emerged from surgery Tuesday, after he was shot three times in the chest Monday night on the Southeast Side.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 24, 2012

Chicago To Purchase 500 Ford Police Interceptors

Chicago police officers will be driving Ford's 2013 Police Interceptor as their new patrol vehicle, city officials have announced. The city plans to buy 100 vehicles a year for five years at a cost of $3.5 million per year.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 13, 2012

Off-duty Chicago Cop Shot Man who Tried To Run Him Down

A man was shot dead by an off-duty Chicago police officer outside the officer's South Chicago neighborhood home Saturday when he tried to run the officer over with a van he had used to ram into the officer's garage.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 13, 2012

FBI: Two Chicago Cops Jacked Drug Proceeds From FBI Witness

A Chicago Police sergeant and patrol officer were arrested Sunday in an FBI sting and charged with stealing $5,200 from a federal witness they believed was transporting the cash for drug dealers.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonFebruary 10, 2012

One Cop's Spartan Challenge

Chicago Police Officer Joshua Purkiss picked a gruelling way to honor the counter-drug training that's made him a better narcotics investigator. This summer, Purkiss will participate in the Spartan Death Race—arguably the toughest race on the planet.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 30, 2012

Chicago's Top Cop Supports Recording of Police

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy wants lawmakers to overturn a 2010 Illinois law known as the Eavesdropping Act, which made it a Class 1 felony to record police officers performing their duties.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 27, 2012

Chicago Cop's Killer Faces Life

A man convicted of killing a Chicago Police officer in 2008 faces a life sentence for the crime, following his conviction Thursday. Lamar Cooper was convicted of fatally shooting Chicago PD's Officer Nathaniel Taylor.

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