The Latest Breaking News from David Brown

Bill Conway’s father, William E. Conway Jr., helped found the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, and has a net worth pegged at $3.5 billion in 2020. He donated $10.5 million to his son’s 2020 run for Cook County state’s attorney.

With shootings and homicides both down after a historically violent 2021, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said the department is now prioritizing 55 police beats that account for half the violence in the city.

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.

CPD Supt. David Brown set a goal of 1.5 million such interactions this year. The Illinois attorney general’s office already likened the initiative to a “quota system” that’s “rife with significant downsides.”

While the Chicago Police Department is at some level of compliance with roughly three-fourths of a federal consent decree, a new report raises alarms about staffing, a delayed foot pursuit policy and efforts to build community trust.

The Illinois measure — which is on its way to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk — requires all firearms, including 3D printed guns, to have serial numbers, which would effectively ban ghost guns. It’s the lack of those identifying numbers that has made the guns undetectable.

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.

Supt. David Brown announced felony conspiracy charges against four who were arrested in the 100 block of South Albany Avenue.

“I say this as the parent of a 14-year-old, we have to make sure that we know where our kids are, that we are telling them right from wrong at the earliest possible age,” Lightfoot said at a community meeting Monday.