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…

The U.S. Department of Justice under the administration of Donald Trump “could choose to either drop or drastically reduce the scope” of its investigation of racial bias and excess force issues in the Chicago Police Department, the Marshall Project reports. During his…

The city is coordinating with Justice Department investigators over changes being sought in contract talks with the Fraternal Order of Police in order to improve “discipline and accountability,” Corporation Counsel Steve Patton said last week…