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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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chicago police department, chicago violence, iteam, chuck goudie
  • 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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chicago police department, local, john garcia
  • 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 department, local
  • 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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chicago police department, local
  • 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 department, local, john garcia
  • 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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garry mccarthy, chicago police department, chicago violence, local
  • 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 department, city of chicago, local
  • 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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chicago police department, local
  •  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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chicago police department, local
  • 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 department, iteam, chuck goudie
  • Chicago police are quietly resurrecting a promotional campaign aimed at recruiting new officers.
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chicago police department, iteam, chuck goudie
  • 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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chicago police department, local, paul meincke
  • Two Chicago police officers on regular patrol stopped a robbery and ended up in a deadly shootout with two suspects.
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shooting, chicago police department, local, eric horng
  • Two Chicago police officers entered a burning building to rescue a woman in a wheelchair early Wednesday morning.
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building fire, chicago fire department, chicago police department, local
  • 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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chicago public schools, chicago police department, school violence, local, eric horng
  • 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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chicago police department, local
  • 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 department, local, eric horng
  • 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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chicago police department, shooting, local, ben bradley
  • The Chicago Police Department is mourning the death of an 11-year veteran of the force.
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chicago police department, shooting, local
  • 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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chicago police department, crime, local
  • Charges have been filed in the shooting death of off-duty police officer Thomas Wortham IV.
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chicago police department, crime, local
  • 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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crime, chicago police department, state legislature, pat quinn, local, paul meincke
  • Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis has said he does not believe that the military is the solution to Chicago violence.
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crime, chicago police department, state legislature, pat quinn, local, paul meincke
  • Two Illinois state representatives want the Illinois National Guard to help fight crime in Chicago's most violent neighborhoods.
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crime, chicago police department, state legislature, local, evelyn holmes
  • 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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chicago police department, holiday, local
  • 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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chicago police department, cta, shooting, local, paul meincke
  • 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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city of chicago, chicago police department, chicago public schools, local, evelyn holmes
  • A Chicago police sergeant is facing criminal charges after allegedly embezzling more than $600,000.
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crime, chicago police department, local, evelyn holmes