CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department’s staffing and training practices have seriously hampered its ability to comply with obligations in its consent decree, a federal monitor said in a report ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new training regimen for Chicago police officers is the next step in an effort to overhaul the CPD's use of force on city streets, the department announced Thursday morning. Police ...

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CHICAGO (WGN) — We see them in the headlines and on the streets, but behind the star and before it’s pinned to their chests, Chicago police officers are recruits. 25 years ago, Capt. Jake Alderden was ...

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CHICAGO – On Saturday, over three-dozen members of the public participated in the second Community Training Observation Day. Participants got to sample classroom instruction and scenario-based ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A scathing report by the U.S. Justice Department report released on Friday took the Chicago Police Department to task for systemic violations of civil rights, finding officers ...