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In Chicago, handguns easily turned into high-capacity machine guns fuel growing violence

Increasingly, large-capacity magazines are turning up, along with ‘switches’ that convert handguns into illegal machine guns that can fire 20 shots in about a second.

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It sets a bad precedent when cop with Proud Boys ties gets a pass

It’s deeply troubling that the Chicago Police Department overlooked incriminating evidence and didn’t even consider firing Bakker for making inconsistent statements to authorities about his ties to the insurrectionist group.

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Civic Federation demands more transparency in Chicago Police Department spending

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says there’s no lack of transparency in her budget, and police spending isn’t the only measure of public safety.

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Watchdog: CPD overlooked incriminating evidence while investigating cop’s ties to far right Proud Boys and should have fired him

“This case represents a determination that someone who made ‘false’ and ‘contradicting’ statements about his association with the Proud Boys should continue to wear the uniform of the Chicago Police Department,” the city’s inspector general told the Sun-Times.

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Police oversight commission holds special meeting on proposed CPD budget

In a virtual meeting, Community Commission on Public Safety questioned Supt. Brown, other police brass over response times and resource allocation.

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Mayoral challenger Sophia King unveils plan to reverse spike in violent crime

She would create a “Chicago Reserve” of 1,000 retired CPD officers handling “crucial, but non-dangerous duties,” add 200 detectives, use “crime-fighting drones,” and have officers work 10-hour days, four days per week.

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City should have shut down Loop club before weekend killing, 25th Ward alderman says

Police closed Persona Lounge after a security guard was charged with killing another guard there, but should have shut it down after a July shooting outside the club left two people dead and three wounded, Sigcho-Lopez says.

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Washington Park community mobilizes after assault of 11-year-old girl

Police release sketch of suspect, $4,000 reward offered to find girl’s attacker, but her mom reportedly is moving family from area because they no longer feel safe.

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First day of City Council budget hearings: CPD hiring, mayor’s staff under scrutiny

The lines of questioning from alderpersons include the size of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office (too big, many said) to what the city is doing to recruit and train enough police officers to keep pace with a record number of retirements.

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City lawyers try (again) to block Mayor Lori Lightfoot deposition in CPD whistleblower case

Isaac Lambert claims he was demoted for refusing to lie about a fellow officer’s shooting of an autistic teen.

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Lightfoot makes case for 2023 budget, urges City Council to ‘be bold with me’

Delivering the 2023 budget address that will serve as her reelection platform, Lightfoot’s $16.4 billion spending plan has a laundry list of new and continued investments intended to ease violence, homelessness and poverty.

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Panel convenes at Malcolm X College to look for ways to restore trust between cops, public

In first public meeting, Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability discusses Police Department budget, filling vacancies on Police Board.

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Taxpayers shell out $250M in police-related settlements; new report slams city efforts to learn from those mistakes

“We are missing very expensive opportunities if we are not informing ourselves and improving practices and policies as a result of those settlements and judgments,” said Inspector General Deborah Witzburg.

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Three-year-old boy dies days after aunt charged with shoving him off Chicago’s Navy Pier into Lake Michigan

Victoria Moreno is charged with the attempted murder of her nephew Josiah Brown

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Police shut down South Side, West Side businesses over violence, go easy on clout-heavy bars downtown

Since 2015, the Chicago Police Department has shut down at least 58 businesses, most on the South Side and West Side, after shootings at or near their premises even as violence surged downtown.

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Aunt charged with attempted murder for throwing three-year-old nephew into Lake Michigan

Youngster went into cardiac arrest after being pulled from water and was rushed to city’s Lurie Children’s Hospital

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CPD employee found dead of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at Dan Ryan Woods

The 55-year-old man worked as a detention aide in the Austin District on the West Side, according to sources and an alert from the Police Department.

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2 Chicago cops charged following on-duty shooting in July that injured 2

CHICAGO — Two Chicago police officers have been hit with felony charges of aggravated battery and official misconduct in connection with a shooting in the Pilsen neighborhood this summer that injured two people, including a bystander.

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Chicago taxpayers on hook for $15 million in mom’s death during police chase

The settlement will go to the family of Guadalupe Francisco-Martinez, who was headed home from her first day on a new job when she was killed in a crash with a marked Chicago police SUV at Irving Park Road and Ashland Avenue.

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Chicago is making real progress on policing reform

In the Independent Monitoring Report 4, Chicago achieved a noteworthy milestone: At the two-year mark, it had achieved more than any other American city under a consent decree. Missing deadlines should not be conflated with noncompliance.

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Picture Chicago: 15 must-see images from Sun-Times photographers this past week

Kids enjoy the final days of summer, Chicago police honor fallen officers, the Sky reach the end of the line and more in our best unseen pics of the week.

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Survey highlights lack of trust in CPD by young Black and Latino men, What to know about new COVID boosters and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Report paints ‘bleak picture’ of perceptions of Chicago police among young Black and Latino men

CHICAGO — Though the Chicago Police Department is years into efforts to reform and rebuild trust among communities, young Black and Latino men persist in having negative perceptions of and interactions with Chicago police officers, according to a special report from an independent panel reviewing the department.

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New survey shows Chicago Police Department has far to go to win trust of young Latino and Black men. ‘Not a source of justice.’

Words commonly used by the men in the survey to describe Chicago police officers were aggressive, racist, disrespectful, unreliable and unethical.

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CPD working to fill 975 patrol officer vacancies, 105 detective openings, top mayoral aide says

Earlier in August, the Office of Budget and Management reported 1,408 sworn vacancies — and a staggering 814 retirements this year, compared to 973 in all of 2021 and 625 in 2020.

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