The Latest Breaking News from CPD

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Additional security measures will surround Lunar New Year parades this weekend in Chinatown and Uptown in the wake of two California mass shootings,

The city’s inspector general on Friday questioned the thoroughness of an internal investigation into the officer after it was reported that he was a member of the Oath Keepers.

Some 11 years since his arrest for the murder of Chicago Police Ofc. Clifton Lewis, a judge ruled Tyrone Clay will remain in jail awaiting a long-delayed trial.

City parks officials assured residents that if Promontory Point becomes a landmark after a City Council vote this spring, its historic limestone revetments will be preserved.

Police turn away people trying to register, leaving them at risk of arrest. Some crime victims say the system fails them too.

CHICAGO — Critics remain concerned by the Chicago Police Department’s impending relaunch of its much-criticized “gang database,” a tool intended to identify people with connections to street gangs, even after the process to revamp it was paused last fall at the behest of the city’s new police oversight committee.

Whether John Catanzara wins or loses, however, Chicago cops will be represented by a conservative white man.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.