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Alvarez was at a gas station in the 3500 block of North Laramie Avenue when a police vehicle drove in front of him, leading to a fatal foot chase.

An independent monitor said the Chicago Police Department is making improvements in its compliance to the consent decree, though it still has a long way to go.

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.

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

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 — 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.

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

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.

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…

At a news conference later Monday, CPD Supt. David Brown said gang conflicts in Little Village led to Melissa’s death, and "we will be relentless in our efforts to pursue any and all gangs involved with this tragic murder."

Brown says brass who criticized him are unhappy with his efforts to reform CPD.