Two cops charged in a March sexual assault have pleaded not guilty. more ›

The case against Chicago police officers Juan Vasquez and Paul Clavijo is going to be centered on the word "no" and that the Rogers Park woman accusing them of sexual assault said it. That was reinforced yesterday when Clavijo and Vasquez both pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. Attorneys for the two said that the sex was consensual and that Vasquez and Clavijo were only guilty of "bad judgment." (At the very least.) Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said that with a blood alcohol level of .38, the victim was in no condition to give knowing consent. more ›

Police Superintendent designate Garry McCarthy is getting out of Newark at the right time. The Justice Department is launching an investigation into allegations of rampant misconduct and lax internal oversight within the Newark Police Department after months of complaints by the New Jersey American Civil Liberties Union. more ›

Jerome Finnigan, the former cop who was at the center of the disgraceful actions of the now-disbanded Special Operations Section, pleaded guilty to plotting a murder-for-hire of a fellow police officer yesterday. Thanks to a plea deal made public yesterday on that count and a tax charge, Finnigan will serve no more than 13 years in prison. more ›

The police report filed by a North side woman accusing 2 Town Hall District officers with sexually assaulting her last month has apparently taken on the life of a Penthouse Forum letter to other officers within the department, and it's attracted the attention of Internal Affairs officers. More than 1,000 police officers could face disciplinary action for using department computers to access the report. more ›

A police sergeant assigned to the Gresham District on the South side has turned himself in and ordered held on $20,000 bond for an incident last October where he was caught on videotape smacking around a handcuffed suspect outside a fast food restaurant. more ›

Even though he's been in jail for nearly four years, it looks as though former Chicago Police Department Special Operations Section officer Jerome Finnigan may finally be sentenced to actual prison sentence. Finnigan and three other officers were indicted on civil rights charges yesterday related to their actions while serving on the SOS. All four are expected to plead guilty. more ›

Interim Police Superintendent Terry Hillard expressed what he called "extreme outrage and disappointment" over a North Side woman's accusations she was sexually assaulted by two police officers. more ›

Jerome Finnigan, the real-life Vic Mackey at the center of the police misconduct complaints against the now-disbanded Special Operations Section, doesn't seem to understand the "penitent" portion of "penitentiary." The Sun-Times is reporting that Finnigan has been cited for making threats to a fellow inmate at the Downtown Correctional Center, where he's been held since his 2007 arrest. more ›

A civil lawsuit lists new allegations of misconduct regarding an elite police unit whose litany of bad behavior was so extensive that it was disbanded and served as one of the reasons for Mayor Daley to hire Jody Weis as Superintendent with a mandate of cleaning up the Department. The new allegations involve an illegal search of a home in the Hermosa neighborhood on the Northwest side in August 2005. more ›

Two University of Chicago grad students are offering a $10,000 reward and set up a hotline for clues to locate the Chicago Police officers they allege beat them in the parking lot of Arturo's Tacos in Bucktown last year. Matthew Clark and Gregory Malandrucco claim in a lawsuit that they were beaten after Malandrucco accidentally bumped into one of the officers while putting on his coat to leave the restaurant. Malandrucco and Clark found the cops waiting for them in the parking lot, where they were kicked and punched so severely they had to seek medical attention. One officer allegedly punched Clark as he was trying to make a 911 call to report the incident and other policemen who responded to the incident reportedly told the two to let it drop. more ›

The city's LGBT community (in addition to, ya know, people who don't enjoy police misconduct) received good news Thursday when it was announced Officer Richard Fiorito has been placed on desk duty pending the resolution of 20-some federal lawsuits alleging his misconduct. more ›

The Independent Police Review Authority is looking into accusations of police misconduct, including the pepper-spraying of children, against Obama supporters celebrating his election on Tuesday night. The incident has led to a federal lawsuit filed by the family, asking for.more than $150,000 in damages. According to the WBBM:

Christina Ballard and Cornelius Voss were driving their young niece home Tuesday night following Obama’s win when three unmarked police cars began driving alongside them, according to family attorney Gregory Kulis. more ›