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“If city officials feel warm and fuzzy about the watchdog, the watchdog is probably not entirely doing their job,” Deborah Witzburg told the Sun-Times.

The push for the suicide benefits ordinance, which would be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2018, included pleas from two women whose husbands took their own lives after serving a combined 30 years on the Chicago Police Department.

Police say shooting was not a random act of violence but triggered by ‘some kind of conflict’

The allegations involve the 2019 suicide of Sgt. Lori Rice, who was in her Jeep with another sergeant when she shot herself.

"The Commission on Presidential Debates is biased and has refused to enact simple and commonsense reforms."

The Cook County state’s attorney told the Sun-Times Wednesday her office is taking a harder look at cases than under her predecessors.

Without community trust, all other changes implemented to better the police department are at risk of crashing down in a chilling domino effect.

Qualified and committed Interim Commission candidates have been named and are eager to get to work. Deadlines have passed. Council members should pick Interim Commission candidates by the next council meeting on April 27.

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.