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It is only fair to offer the same parental leave option for police officers at a time when it is difficult to recruit and retain them.

The Cook County state’s attorney’s office on Monday made public a list of 174 current and former law enforcement officers who will not be called to testify in court proceedings.

All but $112,500 of the nearly $5 million settlement approved by the City Council’s Finance Committee is going toward attorneys’ fees.

Renault Robinson spent his life advocating for civil rights and sought to improve relations between the police and Black communities throughout Chicago.

Anthony Driver Jr., president of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, has a favorite among the three finalists sent to Mayor Brandon Johnson, who has 30 days to decide. But Driver won’t say who it is.

A civilian commission narrowed the field to Angel Novalez, Shon Barnes and Larry Snelling. Mayor Brandon Johnson now has 30 days to either choose one or reject them all and order the panel to launch another search.

Larry Snelling, Chicago police counterterrorism chief, and Angel Novalez, chief of constitutional policing and reform, are seen as favorites to make the top three.

Chicago police already have a “significant and robust” leave policy — the ability to 365 days off every two years, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s senior adviser Jason Lee said.

The verdict was reached Friday in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Augustus’ family after the July 14, 2018, shooting in South Shore that prompted protests and civil unrest.

CHICAGO — For months, migrants bused to Chicago from Texas have found themselves housed in Chicago police stations in difficult circumstances, leaving city and state leaders stunned Friday by allegations that officers at one of the police facilities may have had sexual contact with at least one of those seeking…

CHICAGO — A complaint submitted Thursday to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability spurred an internal Chicago Police investigation into allegations of at least one officer having sexual contact with a migrant housed at a West Side police station.