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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 WriterAugust 1, 2016

Video: Illinois Officer Seriously Wounded in Sunday Shooting

The officer was reportedly alone in his patrol car when he was hit. Chief Jeff Grubbs would not comment on where he was hit or how many times.

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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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Newsby Staff WriterJune 9, 2016

Ex-Finalist for Top Cop Job Picked to Oversee Police Reforms in Chicago

Now Anne Kirkpatrick will still play a vital role in department reforms after Johnson appointed the 30-year law enforcement veteran to oversee the extensive overhaul as chief of the Bureau of Professional Standards

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 9, 2016

Chicago Man Holds News Conference on Suing Police, Gets Nabbed for Murder Immediately After

Moments after Dominiq Greer held a news conference Wednesday to announce a lawsuit seeking $15 million from the city, he was arrested on a murder warrant as he waited for a ride.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 3, 2016

Chicago Releases Video, Audio from Dozens of Officer-Involved Shootings

The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police union called the move by the city "irresponsible" and said the release of information of ongoing investigations could potentially be in violation of officers' collective bargaining agreement.

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