The Latest Breaking News from CPD

Chicago police officer found dead in apparent suicide in Far South Side home

“The loss of an officer is a stark reminder of the many sacrifices and demands members of law enforcement face each and every day,” CPD Supt. David Brown wrote in a statement.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 12, 2022

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 11, 2022

CTA union leader demands return of CTA conductors, re-establishing disbanded CTA police unit, to combat crime surge

Eric Dixon, president of the Amalgamated Transit Workers Union Local 308, argued that crime on the CTA would remain “out of control” until conductors return — at least on subway trains.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 9, 2022

Lightfoot dodges defeat as committee narrowly approves her COPA chief

The Committee on Public Safety voted 9-6 to confirm Andrea Kersten’s nomination despite the furor over the three-day suspension COPA recommended for CPD Officer Ella French for failing to activate her body-worn camera during a botched police raid.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 9, 2022

No pension for CPD officer fired for beating of bartender caught on video, court rules

An appeals court has overturned a ruling that would have allowed Anthony Abbate, convicted of battery after the 2007 attack, collect his pension.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 8, 2022

Pilsen man admits he set fire to a CPD vehicle while wearing Joker mask during 2020 riots

A magistrate judge found that video of the incident "is indeed quite damning," and wrote that Timothy O’Donnell also "self-reported that he has gone by the name ‘The Riddler’ in the past."

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 3, 2022

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.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 2, 2022

Panel studies THAI funds

The Cooperative Promotion Department (CPD) has established a panel to study proposed increased investment in Thai Airways International (THAI).

Bangkok Post · Jan 29, 2022

Arne Duncan pushes his plan to curb Chicago violence

Duncan, a former Chicago Public Schools chief and U.S. education secretary, told reporters he is "absolutely thinking about" challenging Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2023.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 26, 2022

Finance Committee rejects settlement tied to allegations of police wrongdoing

Lenora Bonds’ son Terrence Harris was shot to death by three CPD officers in 2013 after Bonds called 911 to report her son was threatening her with two knives. A sergeant — who had received crisis intervention training — arrived, and was stabbed in the face, a lawyer for the…

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 24, 2022