Tom Schuba

Raoul joins a chorus of reforms advocates who have sounded the alarm about Johnson’s proposal to gut the police units vital to getting Chicago out from under a federal consent decree.

Officer Daniel Fair was acquitted of felony charges of official misconduct and obstruction of justice stemming from his conflicting accounts of the 2020 gun arrest. As the case played out, officials agreed that he should face dismissal for allegedly stealing cash and drugs and lying about other firearm seizures.

To improve officer wellness and prevent police suicides, CPD needs a mental health clinician in every one of its 22 police districts, according to the department's initial budget request. Currently, only 13 districts have a clinician whom officers can talk to about the post-traumatic stress disorder they experience on a regular basis.

GOP's Sean Morrison says Board of Review member Samantha Steele — who was arrested this week — showed “contempt” for cops and should resign.

Ald. Matt Martin (47th) said the former sergeant's condition is “improving,” though he's still being treated in the intensive care unit at Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

The stark warning from independent monitor Maggie Hickey was included in a new progress report showing that CPD has reached full compliance with just 9% of a federal consent decree spurred by the police killing of Laquan McDonald.

Judge Thomas E. Nowinski previously faced criticism for denying a protective order against Crosetti Brand, who later stabbed the pregnant woman who sought protection and killed her son in March.

Judge Thomas E. Nowinski rejected prosecutors' petition to hold Constantin Beldie in jail after he was charged in October with choking and attempting to kidnap his wife, Lacramioara Beldie — who he fatally stabbed Tuesday, police say.

Videos released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability show Officer Fernando Ruiz firing at Raymond Comer 11 times on Aug. 12, 2022, as Comer sat in the driver’s seat of a friend’s car on the Near West Side. Ruiz faces dismissal in the fatal shooting of Reginald Clay Jr. on April 15, 2023.

Police body-camera video recordings show Democratic Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele told Chicago officers she was a politician.