Chicago Police

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 15 days ago
The Chicago Police Department is caught up in budget problems facing the city, making it hard to hire enough cops to keep up with the number of officers leaving in an increasingly violent climate. ...

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com --- 18 days ago
Chicago Police say they've arrested a man after he approached security barriers around presidential candidate Barack Obama's home. They say a gun was later found in his car. ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 16 days ago
With more violent crimes being committed in Chicago, the Police department can't get approval from City Hall to hire enough officers to keep up with the number of officers who are leaving. ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 13 days ago
Chicago Police shot and killed a man on the city's South Side Saturday night. ...

Source: abclocal.go.com --- 12 days ago
Family and friends are in mourning over the death of Officer Nathaniel Taylor. The Chicago policeman was killed over the weekend on the city's Southwest Side. ...

Source: abclocal.go.com --- 39 days ago
As students prepare for the first day of class, Police are reminding them about citywide curfews. ...

Source: abclocal.go.com --- 4 days ago
On Halloween afternoon the mask will be removed from a new Chicago Police special weapons and tactics unit intended to deal with the recent sharp rise in murders and gang violence. A top Police department source says Oct 31 is the date that officials plan to deploy Chicago's "Mobile Strike Force", also known as MSF. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 3 days ago
Related articles: By David Heinzmann Chicago TribuneCHICAGO A year after disbanding the scandal-plagued Special Operations Section, Chicago Police Supt. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 5 days ago
A year after disbanding the scandal-plagued Special Operations Section, Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis is launching a similar unit to fight gangs, according to internal Police documents obtained by the Chicago Tribune. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 22 days ago
Chicago - Serious crime is up but arrests are down in Chicago, and some Police officers say they are working the streets less aggressively out of resentment toward their new chief - the former head of the FBI in Philadelphia - and fear of being ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 28 days ago
Another high-ranking Chicago Police official is retiring from the department, among a half-dozen to leave since Supt. Jody Weis took office in February. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 24 days ago
Chicago Police shot and killed a teenager Tuesday afternoon on the South Side, authorities said.The shooting occurred in the Englewood neighborhood about 3 p.m. in the 7000 block of South Bishop Street, a Police spokesman said. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 36 days ago
A Chicago man arrested early Thursday morning in Iowa on charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct had additional charges tacked on after he was accused of trying to hide 12 packages of marijuana inside the squad car that was taking him to ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 26 days ago
A Chicago Police officer was taken to Stroger Hospital on Saturday after a vehicle crashed into a squad car on the West Side. The early afternoon crash occurred at 18th Street and Racine Avenue, a Police spokesman said. ...

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 32 days ago
Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Police officials Monday unveiled a series of new and beefed-up measures designed to help cut the numbers of students being injured or killed. Chicago Public Schools Chief Arne Duncan was joined by Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis at Dyett High School, 555 E. 51st St., where both men said the initiatives are needed to help tamp down violence that has left 12 CPS students killed from gun violence during the summer. This weekend, two 17-year-old students were the first two CPS students killed since school started Sept. 2. During the 2007-08 school year 26 CPS students were killed, 23 by guns. "In recent weeks unspeakable tragedies that have claimed the lives of innocent victims have outraged all of us as educators and law enforcement, we must do what we can to prevent violence against our children," Weis said. ...

Source: www.baltimoresun.com --- 22 days ago
While serious crime is up, some say resentment of new chief, fear of internal investigation is behind deliberate work slowdown Serious crime is up but arrests are down in Chicago, and some Police officers say they are working the streets less aggressively out of resentment toward their new chief and fear of being second-guessed by him. ...

Source: www.officer.com --- 33 days ago
Many of those returned to the hiring list are related to current or retired cops who spoke on their behalf. ...

Source: www.officer.com --- 3 days ago
Off-duty officers filling gap on overtime pay at O'Hare, Midway. ...

Source: www.amny.com --- 10 days ago
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ An appeals court Wednesday ordered a Chicago Police officer freed from prison in an Iowa assault case that has top brass back home defending one of their own. ...

Source: www.officer.com --- 27 days ago
About 40 officers rode a bus to Des Moines in hopes of persuading an appeals court to free their comrade. ...