If the snap curfew proposal passes, CPD could declare emergency curfews for minors without prior approval from the mayor, City Council, or police district councils. The potential for harm is enormous: ...

New ordinance requires the city to check its records to confirm a stolen vehicle report and then void tickets accumulated ...

Some Chicago alderpeople are pushing a “snap curfew,” a racist, police-first policy disguised as public safety. The “snap curfew” ordinance that would give the Chicago Police Department (CPD) sweeping ...

Laura Washington It’s one step forward, two steps back. That’s the state of public safety in Chicago. Summer fun is here, but in recent years, that’s been overshadowed by the specter of escalating ...

The significant surge in shootings by officers in the first five months of 2025 comes more than six years after city and ...

A veteran Chicago police officer will no longer carry a badge as part of a plea agreement in which he admitted that he struck ...

Donation Options Search Search Search LaKenya White City of Chicago Share Mayor Brandon Johnson has picked an experienced police accountability investigator to temporarily lead Chicago’s police ...

After the release of a videotape showing the shooting by a Chicago Police officer that killed Laquan McDonald, police accountability took center stage in Chicago. Two organizations emerged ...

With Andrea Kersten’s announcement that she is stepping down as the leader of Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability, it is important to recognize where we are with police ...

Andrea Kersten, chief administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability ... spent much of his life until his murder by a Chicago officer, prompting a federal investigation and the ...

Several graphic bodycam videos were released Tuesday by Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability. Across the country, police bodycam footage has played an increasing role in raising ...

Credit: Scott Rodgerson Police reform advocates are calling for greater transparency and accountability following a new labor agreement recently ratified with Chicago police. The City Council ...