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  • Police: Hammer-wielding robbers attacking victims in Lakeview
  • Police are searching for a group of hammer-wielding attackers who robbed three people in separate incidents on the city's North Side.
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chicago police department, chicago crime, chicago news, eric horng
  • A new case of a police impersonator robbing a man happened late Saturday night at 70th and South Justine.
  • A new incident of a police impersonator robbing a man happened late Saturday at 70th Street and South Justine.
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  • Officer Franklin, cop impersonator, A Mercury Mountaineer similar to the one used in South Shore robberies by a man pretending to be a federal officer.
  • A man calling himself "Officer Franklin" is posing as a federal agent to rob people in the South Shore neighborhood.
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  • Chicago is going to be able to hire or re-hire 15 new police officers.
  • Chicago is going to be able to hire or re-hire 15 new police officers.
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  • Police are at the scene Sunday night of a shooting and accident involving three officers at 100th and state on Chicagos South Side.
  • Three Chicago police officers were hurt in a squad car crash as they were responding to the scene of a shooting involving another officer at 100th and State streets on the South Side.
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  • The annual candlelight vigil took place Tuesday night at the Gold Star Memorial and Park near Solider Field.
  • The annual candlelight vigil took place Tuesday night at the Gold Star Memorial and Park near Solider Field.
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  • The deadline is 11:59 p.m. on September 16. Applicants can apply online through the department's website.
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  • The deadline to apply to become a Chicago police officer is Monday, September 16.
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  • Chicago police and firefighters fought it out in a battle of the bands called Rock the Badges.
  • Chicago police and firefighters fought it out in a battle of the bands called Rock the Badges.
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  • The deadline to apply to be a Chicago police officer is quickly approaching and Saturday, the department held an open house.
  • The deadline to apply to be a Chicago police officer is quickly approaching and Saturday, the department held an open house.
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  • Off-duty officer shoots alleged home intruder
  • An off-duty Chicago police officer shot a man who broke into her home in the Wrightwood community.
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  • The Chicago Police Department will host an open house Saturday for men and women interested in joining the force.
  • The Chicago Police Department will host an open house Saturday at the Police Academy on West Jackson for men and women interested in joining the force.
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  • Chicago cops could lose as much as $2,000 each because union leadership missed a deadline for collecting a retroactive pay raise.
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  • Chicago police remember a group of their own as the names of five officers who died in the line of duty are added to the wall of honor at Gold Star Park joining 562 others whose names were already inscribed.
  • Chicago police remembered a group of their own as the names of five officers who died in the line of duty were added to the wall of honor at Gold Star Park, joining 562 others whose names were already inscribed.
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  • The Chicago Police Department is hiring and Saturday prospective officers got a look at the place where they would start their career.
  • The Chicago Police Department is hiring and Saturday prospective officers got a look at the place where they would start their career.
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  •   For the first time in three years, the Chicago Police Department will accept applications from people wanting to join the force.
  • There will be an open house there Saturday for people interested in getting more information about the process of applying.
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  • Chicago murder numbers hold steady among teens, children
  • So far this year, at least 58 teenagers and children have been murdered in the city of Chicago -- most due to gun violence.
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  • CPD memorial defaced by vandals
  • A memorial to fallen Chicago police officers has been defaced by vandals and investigators are trying to track down those responsible.
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  • Dennis Farina funeral held in Chicago
  • Family members, friends and colleagues gathered to remember cop-turned-actor Dennis Farina at a funeral Mass Tuesday.
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  • Chicago police are looking for two men who were impersonating police when they pulled over an actual officer early this morning on the Northwest Side.
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  • Family, police colleagues remember Dennis Farina
  • Actor Dennis Farina is being remembered by family and friends who have gathered on Chicago's Northwest Side.
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  • Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy is calling for tougher gun and sentencing laws.
  • McCarthy says if the sentencing laws were stricter, those people would have been behind bars and not out on the streets where they were shot.
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  • Former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge
  • The city's finance committee endorsed a $10 million settlement in another case of brutality involving former police commander Jon Burge on Friday.
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  • Chicago police sergeant Ronald Watts, attempting to evade an ABC7 photographer in 2012.
  • A Chicago police sergeant has pleaded guilty to stealing drugs from a courier in a South Side public housing complex.
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  •  Angela Brown, 47, faces a charge of possession with intent to deliver heroin after it was found in her car near Milwaukee.
  • Angela Brown, 47, a Chicago aviation police officer who works at O'Hare, is accused of transporting heroin to Milwaukee.
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  •  Angela Brown, 47, faces a charge of possession with intent to deliver heroin after it was found in her car near Milwaukee.
  • Angela Brown, 47, a Chicago aviation police officer who works at O'Hare, is accused of transporting heroin to Milwaukee.
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  • Gun offenders are out on Chicago streets, shooting and killing when they could have been behind bars.
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city of chicago, chicago police department, chicago violence, shooting, special segments, jason knowles
  • Chicago police are quietly resurrecting a promotional campaign aimed at recruiting new officers.
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  • Chicago police are quietly resurrecting a promotional campaign aimed at recruiting new officers.
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  • A Chicago police officer has filed an overtime pay lawsuit against the city. He wants compensation for the time he does police work on his department-issued Blackberry while at home.
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  • Two Chicago police officers on regular patrol stopped a robbery and ended up in a deadly shootout with two suspects.
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  • Two Chicago police officers entered a burning building to rescue a woman in a wheelchair early Wednesday morning.
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  • A Kelvyn Park High School student was transported to a hospital Friday afternoon after being Tasered by a Chicago police officer.
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  • Two officers stripped of their powers following an alleged beating have been reinstated while the investigation continues against the five other officers allegedly involved.
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  • Two of the seven Chicago officers who were stripped of their police powers following the alleged beating of a suspect have been cleared.
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  • Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis faced questions Tuesday about making the best use of his officers to fight crime in the city.
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city of chicago, chicago police department, city budget, stop the violence, local, karen jordan
  • A memorial celebration for Officer Thor Soderberg, who was shot and killed this week, will be held Thursday at 10 a.m.
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chicago police department, shooting, local, ben bradley
  • Murder charges have been filed against a Chicago man the shooting death of a Officer Thor Soderberg. A judge ordered the suspect held without bond Friday.
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  • The Chicago Police Department is mourning the death of an 11-year veteran of the force.
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  • Chicago police say an officer who was killed Wednesday had just ended his shift when he was confronted by a man who disarmed him, then used the officer's gun to fire the fatal shot.
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chicago police department, shooting, local, stacey baca
  • Two suspects in the murder of an off-duty Chicago police officer appeared in court Saturday and were denied bond.
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  • Charges have been filed in the shooting death of off-duty police officer Thomas Wortham IV.
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  • City and state leaders respond to two state lawmakers' proposal to bring in the National Guard to fight crime in Chicago.
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  • Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis has said he does not believe that the military is the solution to Chicago violence.
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  • Two Illinois state representatives want the Illinois National Guard to help fight crime in Chicago's most violent neighborhoods.
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  • With less than two hours to go in 2009, across Chicago there was plenty of music, fireworks and fun to help ring in the new year.
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  • An appeals court has overturned a multi-million dollar verdict against Chicago for the police-involved shooting death of a man on a CTA platform six years ago.
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  • The Chicago Board of Education remembered Michael Scott at its first meeting since his death a week ago.
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  • A public memorial Sunday celebrated the life of Michael Scott, the Chicago Board of Education president who died last week.
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  • Scott's family and friends remembered him privately Saturday by focusing on his life of public service.
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