Civilian office of Police Accountability

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has received more than 400 complaints of misconduct by Chicago police officers during protests that occurred in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. According to a statement released by COPA, a total of 404 protest-related complaints were filed with the office. The complaints included allegations of excessive force, verbal abuse, improper search…

A mother says a simple trip to get food with her three young children in Chicago’s West Humboldt Park neighborhood turned into a frightening experience for her family. Jahaira Ruiz told NBC 5 that a Chicago police officer pulled a gun on her 7- and 8-year-old children after they performed a traffic stop on her vehicle Monday night. A witness,…

The man who was seen being body-slammed by a Chicago police officer in a widely circulated video on social media was charged with felony aggravated battery and other crimes, police said Saturday.

The mother of a man who was hospitalized after being slammed to the ground by a Chicago police officer on Thursday shared her thoughts with NBC 5 after seeing video of the incident.

A man was hospitalized after being slammed to the ground by police Thursday in Chatham when he allegedly spit on an officer while being detained for drinking alcohol in public.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released video Friday of a Chicago police officer fatally shooting a suspected kidnapper on the Northwest Side.

Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability has released new video of the deadly police-involved shooting of a kidnapping suspect. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports. 

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating an incident in which a man was tased while recording officers making a traffic stop at a gas station in the city’s Little Village neighborhood.

A COPA investigation is underway after a dad was tased by police after he was filming them while they conducted a traffic stop. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando has all the latest details in the case. 

The family of a teen who was shot and killed by Chicago police while they say he was catching a ride to a late Valentine’s Day dinner with his girlfriend has filed a lawsuit against the city and the officer involved.

A mother wants answers after her son was shot and killed by Chicago police four months ago. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the story on a lawsuit she’s filed this week. 

Videos released Friday by a police oversight agency show a shootout in the backyard of a home between Chicago police and an armed man who was shot by officers in the South Shore neighborhood.

Nearly two years after two Chicago police officers chased a fellow officer down Roosevelt Road triggering a violent crash which killed that officer and an innocent citizen, the city of Chicago remains silent on exactly what happened.

Friday marked the deadline for sweeping changes to take effect in the Chicago Police Department under a plan of court-supervised reforms, more than two years after a U.S. Justice Department report found a history of civil rights violations by officers.

Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson talks to NBC 5’s Alex Maragos about crime rates in the city, the Jussie Smollett case and more. 

A federal judge on Thursday approved a far-reaching plan for court-supervised reforms of the Chicago Police Department, nearly two years after a U.S. Justice Department report found a history of civil rights violations by officers.

An employee of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability has been charged with sending a false threat of violence to her own office, police said.

Chicago police are investigating a threat made against the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in the city Friday.

Chicago’s police superintendent is recommending the firing of an officer who three years ago fatally shot a teenager and his neighbor while responding to a disturbance call.