State's Attorney Anita Alvarez replied as expected to a request for a special prosecutor to investigate the death of David Koschman. Five police officers, "gravely concerned for their safety," sued the Sun-Times for publishing lineup photos that were the key reason they closed a 2004 homicide involving Daley nephew Richard "R.J." Vanecko without filing charges. more ›

Last week, the Chicago Police blog Second City Cop suggested using electrical tape to obscure badge numbers during the May NATO/G8 summits. This led to readers of the blog offering better methods to hide their badge numbers. Stay classy, chicago police. more ›

Taking a page from train robbers like Jesse James, four teenagers disabled a CTA bus, boarded it, beat the driver and robbed its passengers. How could that happen, and will it happen again? more ›

The council approved tighter restrictions on parade organizers, give authority to Chicago Police Superintendent Gary McCarthy to deputize law enforcement from other states and closes parks to the public for an extra two hours. The City Council also approved blanket spending authority to the Mayor for the events. more ›

CBS 2 is citing sources as saying one has been charged with Lewis's death and another was in custody. more ›

A Chicago Police officer working off-duty security at a West side convenience store was killed during an attempted robbery last night. more ›

The gang allegedly paid Chicago Police officers Alex Guerrero and Antonio Martinez Jr. to shake down people in Illinois and Northwest Indiana over several years. more ›

The two officers also were accused of stealing guns and drugs and receiving monetary compensation for their efforts. more ›

Occupy Chicago protesters believe the Chicago Police Department is using surveillance equipment to intercept and listen in on their cell phone conversations. more ›

Michael Williams brings us this amazing 16mm Kodachrome home movie of a group of Chicago police officers and their wives visiting Las Vegas in 1962. more ›

The lawsuit was brought under the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003, requiring services to be provided in an equal manner without negatively impacting a minority group. more ›

32 mannequins are dressed in black along Wacker Drive from Michigan Avenue to Wells Street. Each mannequin represents one of the 32 pedestrian fatalities recorded in Chicago last year. more ›

Chicago Police officer Gildardo Sierra has been involved in three shootings while patrolling Englewood and West Englewood this year: two of the shootings have been fatal. more ›

An estimated 130 protesters were arrested last night. more ›

When Mayor Emanuel announced the closing of three police stations in his budget proposal last week, we knew at least one of them wouldn't be shuttered without some form of hand-wringing from residents. more ›

The Chicago Fire Department will be abandoning its lease of two floors at the Illinois Institute of Technology and moving into Chicago Police Department headquarters at 35th and Michigan. more ›

Someone at the Board of Trade is getting cheeky with the Occupy Chicago protests. more ›

Around 9 p.m., six police vehicles arrived to inform the protesters, who have been camping on the street downtown since Friday, that they could not sleep on the sidewalk. more ›

We were not the only ones puzzled by the Chicago Police Department decision to buy lots and lots of Chevy Tahoes a few years back. Apparently, they are looking for new, less goofy, patrol cars. more ›

Officers managed to arrest 17 people wanted on felonies and 29 wanted on misdemeanors, representing 9 and 4 percent of total targets, respectively. more ›

If Police Superintendent McCarthy plans on taking pages from the NYPD’s playbook, it could walk a dangerous line over civil liberties concerns. more ›

Police and activists are already drawing lines in the sand regarding next year’s G8 and NATO summits in Chicago. more ›

Tiawanda Moore admitted she used her Blackberry to record two Internal Affairs officers who were trying to pressure her to drop sexual harassment charges against a third officer. more ›

Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy restructured some top brass yesterday in an attempt to streamline communications and reduce his department's budget. more ›

Here's an 1896 film from the Lumière brothers that's believed to be the first film shot in Chicago. more ›

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy made the media rounds to explain the rise in police shootings in the city yesterday and called for help from residents to stem the rise in shootings. more ›

The Chicago Police Department added to its number of total shootings last night. One of those involving a 13-year-old boy is making national headlines. more ›

The number of police shootings is almost equal to that of all of last year. Fatal police shootings have outpaced the total number in 2010. more ›

Two police were injured in a shooting on the West Side last night. more ›

There are two sides to every story, as separate shootings invilving police on teh South and West sides Saturday can attest. more ›