In the first fallout for police brass accused of protecting Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts and his South Side extortion racket, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle fired her director of homeland security, WBEZ reported.
With efforts to speed trials and reduce the jail population falling short — and a lawsuit charging that unaffordable bond levels in Cook County are unconstitutional — Sheriff Tom Dart has called for…
Long-time observers were “shocked” by the “sheer number of complaints” as the city turned over five decades of police misconduct records last week, the Chicago Tribune reported. Of more than 125,000 complaints filed against roughly 25,000 officers from…
INDEPENDENCE: Mayor Emanuel filed a proposed ordinance establishing a Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) and an inspector general for public safety last week.
The City Council’s joint budget and public safety committee holds a hearing Tuesday, September 13, at 10 a.m. in council chambers to consider the mayor’s ordinance to establish a new police…
The mayor’s office is meeting with aldermen to discuss an ordinance replacing the Independent Police Review Authority with a Civilian Office on Police Accountability (COPA) and establishing an inspector general for public safety.
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