The Chicago Police Department made 45% fewer traffic stops in 2024, but Black and Latino drivers were four times more likely ...

The issue has been debated for years since Anjanette Young was handcuffed and forced to stand naked while a team of police officers mistakenly raided her home.

Body-worn camera footage serves as valuable training material for the city’s Police Department in its post-Laquan McDonald ...

A new report from CPD shows a sizable year-over-year increase in reports of both use-of-force and firearm-pointing incidents by Chicago cops. The upticks come as the department continues its efforts ...

Seattle has filed to end a federal consent decree imposed on the city's police department following a 2012 investigation that ...

How long will Chicago align its policies and imagination with the racial stereotype that young Black folks aren’t children and are somehow inherently dangerous and other?

Chicago taxpayers have spent more than $189.3 million so far this year to resolve police misconduct lawsuits. For some, the issue raises concerns about the city’s finances. Others argue financial ...

While officials touted similarities between a new police reform plan and the defunct DOJ consent decree, a Courier Journal analysis found differences.

In a letter to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Raoul urged Johnson to reconsider proposed budget cuts involving the police department’s implementation of consent decree reforms.

After the Trump administration moved to dismiss the federal consent decree against Minneapolis, Mayor Jacob Frey said "we're doing it anyway." On Tuesday, Mayor Frey issued an executive order to ...

A version of this story was first published in the July 2, 2025 issue of the Newswire, an email newsletter that is your ...

CPD made 45% fewer traffic stops in 2024, but Black and Latino drivers were four times more likely than white drivers to be ...