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Brass from the past: Top Chicago cops? I’ve known a few

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s appointment of Larry Snelling as Chicago Police superintendent prompted a peek into this reporter’s aging notepad, a flashback to 14 or so former Chicago top cops I’ve known or covered since 1967.

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Ex-CPD boss scares off would-be robbers targeting daughter outside Chatham home

The attempted robbery on Memorial Day happened a year after former Chicago Police Supt. Terry Hillard was shot with a paintball gun in his front yard.

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Chicago’s most violent Memorial Day weekend in 7 years ‘intolerable,’ Mayor Brandon Johnson says

Reducing crime wave will take time, says City Hall source.

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Acting CPD leader resigns amid search for top cop, Mayor-elect Johnson’s new chief of staff and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Chicago Police Supt. David Brown resigns

Every one of the eight mayoral challengers vowed to fire Brown as their first order of business, including the two remaining candidates in the April 4 runoff, Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson.

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CPD officer who shot fleeing suspect in 2018 in South Shore faces dismissal

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown pushed for a 15-day suspension for Officer Shawn Bryant, but a police oversight board member overruled him Thursday.

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CPD reforms require ‘more than a simple checklist,’ monitor says with release of new consent-decree progress report

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department has improved its training processes for officers and “devoted significant attention” to its foot pursuit policy, while also struggling with community engagement and building trust, according to a report on the department’s progress toward making court-ordered reforms.

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Chicago cops face firing 5 years after man was ‘pistol-whipped,’ shocked with Taser during gun arrest

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown filed administrative charges last month against three officers involved in the arrest, setting in motion disciplinary proceedings slated to start Tuesday.

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Top cop points to fewer carjackings in Chicago, but data shows the rate of arrests is down too

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said carjackings are down 20% in the first two months of the year, but they are still more than three times higher than before the pandemic began.

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