Laura Washington It’s one step forward, two steps back. That’s the state of public safety in Chicago. Summer fun is here, but in recent years, that’s been overshadowed by the specter of escalating ...

MPD has little oversight over ShotSpotter. The department couldn’t describe the benefits of the controversial system and ...

Vance Boelter, the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, is set to make his first court ...

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes that the stories of two South Carolina Republicans who went to No Kings protests in the ...

If the snap curfew proposal passes, CPD could declare emergency curfews for minors without prior approval from the mayor, City Council, or police district councils. The potential for harm is enormous: ...

Some Chicago alderpeople are pushing a “snap curfew,” a racist, police-first policy disguised as public safety. The “snap curfew” ordinance that would give the Chicago Police Department (CPD) sweeping ...

President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Kier Starmer have officially signed the U.S.-U.K. trade deal. Follow ...

More than 600 local law enforcement agencies throughout the country are officially partnering with ICE to arrest and detain ...

The funeral services for Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera, who was shot and killed by friendly fire earlier this month, ...

Rivera was shot and killed in the line of duty on June 5 in the city's East Chatham neighborhood after an "investigatory stop" led to a police chase.

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by ...