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Newly appointed IG Deborah Witzburg issues her first report, finding that CPD’s Bureau of Internal Affairs and the Civilian Office of Police Accountability need new standards

Clearance rates are a critical way to evaluate police effectiveness and ensure accountability and community trust. And with every crime that goes unsolved, another family is left yearning for answers, for clarity, for reason.

The last time a Republican held the office of Illinois attorney general, Mayor Richard M. Daley was firmly ensconced in his reign, the musical “Chicago” had become a box office smash and the shoe bomber, Richard Reid, pleaded guilty to trying to take down an American Airlines flight over the…

Officer Fernanda Ballesteros thanked her CPD coworkers and her partner who rushed her to safety Wednesday after she was struck by gunfire while trying to pull over a driver in Englewood.

Ald. Roderick Sawyer’s father, Eugene Sawyer, was mayor in the late 1980s. Roderick Sawyer chairs the City Council’s Committee on Health and Human Relations and is a former chair of the council’s Black Caucus. He’s the fifth candidate seeking to deny Mayor Lori Lightfoot a second term.

SNEED EXCLUSIVE: Former CPD Superintendent Terry Hillard can be seen keeling over as someone fires at him from the street while he was in his yard during the stunning attack Sunday in Chatham.

The spotlight has moved away from the Rohingya; the issue of the ethnic minority facing a purge in Myanmar is no longer an emotive issue.

There should be no more holdups in rolling out a permanent foot pursuit policy that could help prevent individuals from being shot by Chicago police.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.