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Patrol

Chicago Civilian Oversight Suspends Slain Officer, FOP Demands Apology

In a staggering display of insensitivity. COPA's report recommends suspending slain officer Ella French for three days.

November 11, 2021

Patrol

Chicago Police Cancel Days Off Bracing for Rittenhouse Verdict

The Chicago Police Department canceled regularly scheduled days off starting Friday and through the weekend. An internal memo sent to rank and file officers does not mention the Rittenhouse trial.

November 10, 2021

Patrol

Chicago Officer Explains Why He Won't Get COVID Vaccine

Jim Murray is one of roughly 40 officers who have been stripped of their police powers and put in no-pay status for refusing to report their vaccination status.

November 5, 2021

Patrol

Man in Wheelchair Tries to Take Illinois Deputy's Gun

Video released by the Illinois State Police on Friday shows a man in a wheelchair lunge for a deputy's firearm, and then struggle with him on the ground.

November 2, 2021

Point of Law

Cook County Judge Grants Restraining Order on Chicago's Vaccine Mandate

The judge left intact the requirement that Chicago Police Department officers report their vaccine status and the city’s current policy requiring multiple weekly tests for unvaccinated officers. But his order does stay the Dec. 31 deadline for all officers to be vaccinated.

November 1, 2021

Patrol

Illinois Officer Killed Investigating Stolen Car at Gas Station

Officer Tyler Timmins, 36, was investigating a possible stolen car at about 8 a.m. at the Speedway gas station along Illinois Route 111 near Interstate 270. While investigating the car, a man started shooting at him.

October 26, 2021

Patrol

Chicago Police Union Seeks Restraining Order on Vaccine Mandate Dismissals

A court hearing over the union's request for a temporary restraining order was delayed Wednesday, but that did little to ease tensions over the city's attempt to get all police officers vaccinated.

October 20, 2021

Command

Suburban Chicago-Area Sheriffs Say They Will Not Send Deputies to Support City

"It's like a preplanned police shortage," DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick said. "The lack of logic is the thing that astounds me."

October 20, 2021

Patrol

Chicago On Pace to Lose 1,000 Officers to Retirement, Resignations

According to city data, there was a total of 12,258 sworn personnel as of June 2021, down from 13,218 two years ago.

October 20, 2021

Patrol

19 Chicago Officer Stripped of Police Powers Over Vaccine Mandate

Most of the officers were assigned to CPD headquarters in Bronzeville, according to John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, the union that represents rank-and-file officers.

October 19, 2021

Patrol

Chicago Police Union Tells Members to Defy Vaccine Mandate

FOP head John Catanzara said that “it’s safe to say the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50 percent or less” over the weekend.

October 14, 2021

Command

Consent Decree Monitor Says Chicago Officer Shortage Endangering Public and Police

Between January and June of 2021, Chicago police saw 363 officers leave the department. The losses include Chicago's Deputy Chief at the Bureau of Crime Control, at a time when police struggle to get crime under control with carjackings, shootings and murders all up.

October 13, 2021