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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2018

Chicago Investigator Says Bosses Ordered Him to Lie about OIS Probes

Kelvin Lett—a former police misconduct investigator for the Chicago Police Department—claimed in a lawsuit filed Sunday that he was fired "after he refused to give false testimony to make a shooting by an officer seem like it was not justified."

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2018

Village Employees Donate Sick Time to Officer Battling Rare Cancer

With only eight months with the agency, Officer Chris Kudla had not amassed enough sick days to accommodate all of his chemotherapy sessions. His fellow officers began donating their sick days to Kudla, and soon after word got out, other village employees did the same.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2018

Passersby Aid Wounded Chicago Officer After Traffic Collision

A police officer suffered a head injury when the patrol car he was driving collided with another vehicle at an intersection early Saturday morning.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 20, 2018

2 Minnesota Officers Wounded by Gunfire, Suspected Gunman Arrested

Two Minnesota police officers were struck by shotgun fire — one was shot in the shoulder and the other was shot in the leg area — on Thursday afternoon in South St. Paul.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 18, 2018

Missouri Trooper Shot Investigating Suspicious Vehicle

Sgt. Jeff Kinder, Troop G says the Trooper Rob Crewse was investigating a suspicious call about a vehicle when he was shot.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2018

FOP: "Activist, One-Sided" Media Unfairly Reporting on Chicago OIS

Chicago FOP President Kevin Graham said in a blog post that “activist, one-sided” news media is “ramping up every angle they could muster to paint” the police shooting of Harith Augustus as “unjustified.”

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 16, 2018

Video: Chicago Police Release Body-Camera Footage of Fatal OIS that Sparked Protests

The footage appears to show Harith Augustus move his hand toward his waistband, where there appears to be a gun and magazine are tucked into his pants.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 13, 2018

Illinois Officer Pulls Suspects from Vehicle After Fiery Pursuit Crash

Three of four people in the vehicle were arrested and charged with weapons violations after they led a chase with Danville police.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 13, 2018

Illinois Officer Cleared in Fatal Shooting During Incident That Ended in His Death

Cox fired twice at close range, killing Patterson, Bruscato said. An autopsy showed Patterson was shot in the chest and back and also suffered injuries in the subsequent crash. Cox died of injuries suffered in the crash.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 13, 2018

Michigan Trooper Shot at Friday Traffic Stop

MSP says the trooper was taken to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City and is expected to survive.

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