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10 Four Corner Hustlers charged with drug trafficking

The probe by Homeland Security Investigations and the Chicago Police Department, dubbed “Operation American Hustle,” spanned over a year and relied on undercover buys at West Side drug markets.

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‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ cancels performance after nearby Loop ‘disturbance’

The Sunday night crowd at the Nederlander Theatre was sent home just before curtain and offered refunds or ticket exchanges.

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My beloved CTA is in crisis

Chicago cannot thrive without a safe and attractive public transportation system for all. Our economic, cultural and social survival depends on getting us where we need to be.

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CPD’s growing use of cameras that read license plates leads to worries about data misuse

“The numbers of licenses scanned demonstrates the broad reach to surveil and see where someone is,” a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union said about the 200 million plates logged last year. “It’s a lot of power.”

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Editorial: Yes, police reform has to go deeper than a ‘simple checklist’

In its current efforts to reform long-running patterns of civil rights abuses, the Chicago Police Department appears to be inching up from failure to “needs improvement.”

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CPD reforms require ‘more than a simple checklist,’ monitor says with release of new consent-decree progress report

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department has improved its training processes for officers and “devoted significant attention” to its foot pursuit policy, while also struggling with community engagement and building trust, according to a report on the department’s progress toward making court-ordered reforms.

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CPD makes significant headway on reform but still grapples with longstanding problems: report

While the Chicago Police Department is at some level of compliance with roughly three-fourths of a federal consent decree, a new report raises alarms about staffing, a delayed foot pursuit policy and efforts to build community trust.

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Fourth CTA attack of week: Man stabbed, beaten outside train station in Chicago

CHICAGO — A man was stabbed and beaten outside a CTA station in the South Loop Friday evening in what appears to be at least the fourth similar attack in less than a week, police said.

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City to help pay for home security cameras, which CPD hopes to add to its network

Rebates to cover their cost were announced Monday by Mayor Lori Lightfoot. They also can be used for outdoor motion sensor lighting and GPS trackers for cars.

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Judge grants Chicago Police Department a 3-year extension to implement court-ordered reforms

CHICAGO — A federal judge on Friday granted the Chicago Police Department a three-year extension to comply with the consent decree, giving the department a total of eight years to implement a series of much-anticipated court-ordered reforms.

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Lightfoot says 5 years for sweeping police reforms was ‘unrealistic’ as city gets another 3 years

The mayor estimates the cost of completing those massive reforms will be between $50 million and $100 million.

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COVID forced a Chicago youth choir from their rehearsal space. For now, the singers call CPD’s 12th District home

CHICAGO -- The voices raised in unison in the community room of the 12th District Chicago Police Department station on a recent Thursday evening belonged to less than a dozen youth singing gospel and R&B songs. It was a scene that may have looked better suited for a church or…

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Fed up with lack of progress, relatives of homicide victims in Chicago urge FBI to get involved

A group of people who have lost loved ones to homicides in Chicago protested Tuesday outside of the FBI’s Chicago office, urging the federal agency to get involved in the investigations.

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Lessons from the police shootings of Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez

No officers will face criminal charges in the shootings of Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez. That should not mean the officers, and the Chicago Police Department as a whole, should not be held accountable for needed change.

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Robert Rialmo’s firing by Chicago Police Department upheld by appellate court

He was fired in 2019 for inadvertently shooting and killing a bystander at a West Side home where he said a 19-year-old man charged at him with a baseball bat.

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CPD to waive college requirements for some new hires

City Colleges of Chicago will host in-person testing for the Chicago Police Department from March 17-19. Walk-in applicants will also be welcomed.

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Office of Inspector General finds ‘strong evidence’ of ‘race-based disparities’ in CPD stops, use of force

The Office of Inspector General found “strong evidence” of “race-based disparities” in an analysis of Chicago Police Department stops and use-of-force incidents.

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Yippie! Good riddance. Vaya con dios: Officers’ parting words left on human resources paperwork before exiting Chicago Police Department

The remarks, for the most part, express gratitude and excitement.

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Independent monitor provides update on CPD compliance with consent decree

An independent monitor said the Chicago Police Department is making improvements in its compliance to the consent decree, though it still has a long way to go.

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Chicago Police Department slow to make reform progress since the shooting of Laquan McDonald and still in need of a cultural change, experts say

CHICAGO — The shooting of Laquan McDonald triggered a momentous police reform effort that spawned a scathing Justice Department report and an extensive consent decree and for the first time added community members directly into Chicago police oversight.

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Lightfoot, police leaders defend reform record as Jason Van Dyke set to be released from prison

CHICAGO — The former Chicago Police Officer who fatally shot Laquan McDonald in 2014 is set to be released from prison on Thursday. Ahead of the former officer's release, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday defended the Chicago Police Department’s reform efforts.

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Chicago’s leaders fail, over and over, to find a solution to gun violence

A summit including the Chicago Police Department, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Library, church youth group leaders and anyone else who works with youth needs to be held.

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