The consent decree is a binding court order granting a federal judge oversight of the police department. WTTW News Explains how that works in practice.

The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of ...

COPA urged firing for a 2017 shooting, but the officer kept his job and was promoted; taxpayers paid nearly $600K.

Since the shooting, Chicago taxpayers have paid $591,500 to resolve four lawsuits that allege the officer, who was promoted ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- After the latest report showed the Chicago Police Department missed a majority of deadlines mandated under the consent decree, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is being called on to step up her ...

Law-abiding citizens are paying the price in dwindling faith in our institutions as the broken justice system in Chicago is failing at its most essential job: holding violent offenders accountable.

CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of people who have been arrested and detained in the Chicago area during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown could soon be released on bond while they await ...

A federal appeals judge on Tuesday had blunt criticism for a lower court judge’s order to release hundreds of immigrants on ...