Sam Charles

Feds demand FOP president’s financial, governance records

Records detail decrepit conditions

Investigators find maggots, rat feces and a body in a bathroom

Police superintendent search moves forward

Chicago agency retains hiring firm to screen applicants; official had pressed for more time

A failure to close funeral home

Missed opportunities preceded discovery of bodies at facility

CPD expands domestic violence assistance

Aim is to meet victims where they are, link them to resources

‘I WANT TO SEE SOME JUSTICE’

Families, officials call for change amid probe into funeral home where dozens of decomposing bodies were found

Many CPD officers barred from testifying

As a legal fight stalls the police discipline process, local prosecutors have disqualified accused cops from being called as witnesses in criminal cases

Latino officers to be largest racial group in CPD

Demographic shift appears to mirror Chicago's population

Man held in alleged ‘reign of terror’

Prosecutors: SWAT shooting suspect fell into state of paranoia

Snelling reflects on his time as top cop

‘Once you know it’s time to go, then it’s time to move on,’ he says

Police take different tack in fighting prostitution

Area agencies mix enforcement with help for sex workers who are ready to accept it

Future of Harold's Chicken in court

Chicken coup? Family fights over control of the famous business

City sees tempered holiday weekend violence

As Snelling prepares to exit CPD, holiday incidents are down

Snelling to retire

Mayor taps department veteran to serve in role amid search for replacement

What’s driving ‘teen takeovers’?

As young people seek activities, group connection, Chicago officials weigh public safety strategies

‘A COP’S COP’

Hundreds of mourners gather to remember Chicago officer killed in hospital shooting

Shooting reveals holes in system

As alleged cop killer put monitor in ‘sleep mode,’ hours dragged

Authorities: Gun was under hospital blanket

Firearm that man used to shoot two cops was allegedly illegally purchased

Harrowing Rivera video released

Officer’s partner shown pivoting to right, firing and hitting her in hall outside South Side home

Rooted in service

Garfield Park neighbors and elected officials mourn wife, son of former Cook County commissioner found dead in apparent murder-suicide