The “vast majority” of recommendations made by the mayor’s Police Accountability Task Force last year “have not been implemented,” said Police Board president Lori Lightfoot, who chaired…

Ald. Anthony Beale of the Far South Side 9th Ward may have had the most germane response to President Donald Trump’s threat to “send in the Feds” if Chicago can’t do something about its rising murder rate. “What does it even mean?” Beale asked. “It’s so vague.”
 
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The City Council Black Caucus introduced a resolution calling on Mayor Rahm Emanuel to “publicly endorse” a series of changes to collective bargaining agreements with police unions, citing recommendations from the U.S…

Much of the reaction to Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s statement last week that she was considering designating a state agency to review police shootingsfocused on the agency in question — the Office…

A new use-of-force policy announced by Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson last week — after months of public comment on two previous drafts ­– removed a requirement that officers use the least amount of force necessary…

Early intervention, community policing, diversity, training, supervision, and changes to union contracts are areas where reform recommendations have not been implemented, Police Board president Lori Lightfoot told the Chicago…

Racism is not an issue in the Chicago Police Department, according to newly-elected FOP president Kevin Graham, and he doesn’t “know of any code of silence.”
 
In a wide-ranging podcast interview with The Daily Line…

Six African American individuals and seven community organizations including Black Lives Matter have sued the City of Chicago, demanding court oversight for police reform ­– which Mayor Rahm Emanuel…