The Latest Breaking News from David Brown

The traditional marching band received a donation of £5000 from Northumberland Freemasons to replace their old uniforms

The push for the suicide benefits ordinance, which would be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2018, included pleas from two women whose husbands took their own lives after serving a combined 30 years on the Chicago Police Department.

It’s unclear what discipline the city will hand down to cops who won’t get vaccinated and don’t have medical or religious exemptions.

Chicago’s police review board says it has completed its investigation into the shooting death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo last year and delivered its report to Police Superintendent David Brown

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability said it has forwarded its findings to Police Supt. David Brown. COPA did not disclose its recommendations.

Without community trust, all other changes implemented to better the police department are at risk of crashing down in a chilling domino effect.

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.

CPD Supt. David Brown set a goal of 1.5 million such interactions this year. The Illinois attorney general’s office already likened the initiative to a “quota system” that’s “rife with significant downsides.”

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.