Chicago mayor's police budget plan cuts constitutional policing, other reform offices: ‘It’s a gutting’
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan for Chicago police slashes several offices that are critical to the ongoing federal consent decree, sparking alarm from policing experts who say now is not the ...
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Young Chicago cops are being arrested or killed at alarming rates amid department's staffing crisis
Former Chicago police First ... before they patrol the streets without the guidance of a field training officer. She also says she hopes the department’s counseling division will start ...
Disgruntled fired employee kills two workers at Chicago’s Navy Pier, police say
Authorities say a man who was recently fired from his job at Navy Pier returned to the Chicago tourist attraction and killed ...
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Slain Chicago police officer shot on South Side ‘gave his life for this city’
Just short of three years with the Chicago Police Department, 26-year-old Enrique Martínez succumbed to injuries suffered in an apparent burst of gunfire Monday night in the South Side’s East ...
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Chicago police officer dies after shooting in East Chatham
A Chicago police officer died following a shooting on Monday night in the East Chatham neighborhood on the city's South Side, authorities said. "I come to you with a heavy heart because we've lost ...
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Chicago police officer killed in double fatal East Chatham shooting ID'd; 1 in custody
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tuesday has been and continues to be a very emotional day not just for everyone who works at District 6 and knew Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez, but for the community at ...
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Chicago police seek public's help after antisemitic attack on Jewish students
CHICAGO (TNND) — Chicago police are looking into an attack on two Jewish college students. Police shared photos of the alleged masked attackers on Thursday. They allege that the masked ...
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Mass honors fallen Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez on Far South Side
CHICAGO (WLS) -- On Sunday, the loved ones of fallen Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez and with first responders filled a Far South Side church in his honor. Leaning on their faith after ...
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Felon charged with killing Chicago police Officer Enrique Martinez using a machine gun
Chicago police Supt. Larry Snelling announces charges Wednesday against a man accused of shooting to death Officer Enrique Martinez. Snelling was joined by Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County ...
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‘Heartbroken': Chicago mayor vows justice for fallen CPD officer's family
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed in a statement Tuesday to bring justice to the family of Chicago Police Department Officer Enrique Martinez, who was shot and killed in the line of duty Monday ...
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One of two suspects in Chicago officer’s death released, sources say, as family and colleagues grieve
CHICAGO – One of the two suspects detained in connection with the shooting death of Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez Monday night has been released without being charged, according to ...
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Two Navy Pier workers shot and killed; ex-employee believed responsible, police say
Speaking with reporters at the pier, Chicago police Chief of Patrol Jon Hein stressed that authorities did not believe the suspect posed a danger to the public, though the shooter remained at ...