Public safety was the focus in La Grange Park as village officials approved adding a new full time police officer position, promoted two firefighters and recognized the graduation of new ...

LaKenya White brings 25 years of experience in various police accountability roles, including eight years with the Civilian ...

On Saturday morning, Ald. Bill Conway (34th Ward) hosted a “Get Behind the Vest” breakfast for the first time. Since 2014, ...

Under the proposed law, police must knock, announce themselves and allow a person at least 30 seconds to answer the door when executing a warrant at a residence. Entering a home without police ...

A recent discussion between former Chicago law enforcement officials shed light on the origins of real-time crime centers, the role of data-driven policing, and the impact of policy changes on crime ...

Under the proposed law, police must knock, announce themselves and allow a person at least 30 seconds to answer the door when ...

Chicago police's Mounted Patrol Unit is not only indicative of a bygone era, and with horses named after fallen officers, ...

A newcomer to the podcast, Chicago Police Chief of Detectives (ret.) Gene Roy joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to talk about how wearing a badge in Chicago has ...

An unattended firearm was found March 13, 2025 at the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse at West 26th Street and South California Avenue. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share A Chicago police ...

Alice Stebbins Wells was a reserved and kindly woman, small and slight in stature. Dressed in everyday street attire, she stepped onto the Los Angeles trolley one day in late 1910. Wells didn’t wear a ...

Weeks after Chicago’s police oversight chief learned she was facing a vote that could’ve led to her firing, she sent a scathing letter accusing a civilian-led commission of serving as a ...