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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 16, 2015

Chicago Police Find $200K Worth of Drugs at Traffic Stop

Chicago police found more than $200,000 worth of heroin, cocaine, and marijuana after a traffic stop in the South Loop, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 13, 2015

Union Balks at Chicago Mayor's Comment That Officers Are 'Fetal'

Chicago's police union is taking exception to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's description of Chicago officers as being "fetal" and not proactively policing because they're afraid of getting in trouble when citizens post YouTube videos of their interactions with the public.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 6, 2015

Chicago-Area Police Training Unit Closing Because of State Budget Issues

North East Multi-Regional Training will be forced to close mid-November if the state doesn't pay its share of the costs, said Philip Brankin, the unit's executive director. The state-funded agency is responsible for training law enforcement personnel across 321 police agencies in the greater Chicago area.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 2, 2015

Slain Illinois Officer Was Killed with His Own Gun, Signs of Struggle at Scene

The northern Illinois police officer found dead last month was shot with his own weapon, and detectives say the evidence shows signs of a struggle at the scene.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 1, 2015

Chicago Officers Credited with Saving Wounded Baby's Life After Shooting

Two Chicago police officers arrived to Monday night's chaotic quintuple shooting scene in the Back of the Yards neighborhood and were immediately met by a woman carrying a wounded baby.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 28, 2015

Illinois Agencies Cancel Police Training Because of Budget Crisis

Police departments across Illinois say the state budget stalemate has left them struggling to provide necessary training to officers on everything from how to deal with the mentally ill to proper use of force.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 24, 2015

Video: Chicago Cop Killer Gets Life Plus 115 Years

Moments later, Judge Timothy Joyce cited Brewer's "malignant heart" as he sentenced him to life plus 115 years in prison for "executing" Soderberg with his own service weapon and then shooting at three other officers and a civilian in 2010.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 22, 2015

DOJ Announces $19M in Grants to Police Departments for Body Cameras

The Department of Justice awarded $19.3 million in grants Monday to dozens of police departments seeking to start using body cameras but turned down a greater number of applicants hoping for federal aid to deploy the technology.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2015

Video: Civilian Worker for Chicago PD Slain

John Buckner worked 25 years as a civilian employee for the Chicago Police Department, and on Thursday some of the department's top brass gathered to talk about the "senseless" shooting death of a man "always willing to lend a helping hand."

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Videosby Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2015

Civilian Worker for Chicago PD Slain

John Buckner worked 25 years as a civilian employee for the Chicago Police Department, and on Thursday some of the department's top brass gathered to talk about the "senseless" shooting death of a man "always willing to lend a helping hand." More Here.

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