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The Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Friday said investigators were unable to find any victims of the alleged abuse.

The officer was arrested in 2018 but was only suspended. A new investigation was launched when the wife told police he punched her in the face and pointed a gun at her.

The shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. Monday as the car struck a police vehicle and drove off, officials said.

At least four Chicago police officers have been relieved of duties while the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) investigates them for seizing guns without making arrests and filing false reports about how they obtained the weapons. In a letter to the police department, COPA, citing bodycam video, raised the…

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A woman accused Officer Daniel Otero of sexually assaulting her, but officials ruled there wasn’t enough evidence to prove the allegations. He had faced dismissal.

Leaders of Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Tuesday said they have been unable to identify any victim in their investigation of claims that at least one officer engaged in a sexual relationship with a migrant being housed at a West Side police facility, but said another allegation has…

Andrea Kersten said “an unprecedented amount of media attention and public scrutiny” prompted her to take the unusual step of briefing the media on the investigation.

A letter from the city’s top police oversight official also raises questions of whether the officers snatched up guns, drugs and cash without turning in the evidence.