A report says Chicago’s fired police superintendent is receiving a monthly pension of more than $15,800

A CTA bus crashed into a fence and damaged five CPD cars early Thursday in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood. A 46-year-old driver of a CTA bus was driving around 4:48 a.m. southbound on Kedzie and making an eastbound turn on Harrison when she lost control and struck the parking lot fence, according to police. The bus also struck five unoccupied...

Chicago police officers honor Commander Paul Bauer, who was gunned down in the line of duty while chasing a fleeing suspect two years ago.

75 Groups, including the ACLU, Form a Coalition to Stop the use of “Facial Recognition Technology in Chicago.
Kye Martin reports.

Monday marked the deadline for interested candidates to apply to become Chicago’s next top cop, and Interim Superintendent Charlie Beck weighed in on what he believes is most important as the city searches for the right candidate. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Fred Waller, Chief of the CPD Bureau of Patrol, announced the additional deployment of 1,300 police officers for Chicago’s New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Chicago police detail what happened when 13 people were shot at a house party in the city’s Englewood neighborhood.

A Woodlawn man has been charged with murder in a mid-day shooting at the CTA Howard station that killed a 20-year-old man who moved to Rogers Park to escape gun violence. Keith Gross, 30, was arrested Wednesday in suburban Skokie and charged with first-degree murder in connection to the Dec. 3 shooting, Chicago police said. He is currently being held…

The female colleague who was with Supt. Eddie Johnson on the evening his scandal began was reportedly transferred as the situation escalated.  WBEZ reports the woman, who was at a bar with Johnson on Oct. 16 hours before he was found slumped behind the wheel of his car, was later transferred off of Johnson’s security team weeks later. Citing department...

Editor’s note: A panel of cannabis experts will answer your questions LIVE via an online chat from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6. Get your questions ready and ask them here. No, you shouldn’t be ticketed for smoking weed in your own backyard or on your balcony in Chicago once recreational cannabis becomes legal in Illinois next year, the...

Editor’s note: A panel of cannabis experts will answer your questions LIVE via an online chat from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6. Get your questions ready and ask them here. Legal weed is coming to Illinois but what exactly will be “legal” in the state? Chicago police put out an answer to that question this week. The department posted...

The Chicago Police Department posted a video with “things you should know” as recreational cannabis is legalized Jan. 1.

More details are emerging in the scandal surrounding former Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson as the restaurant he visited the night he was found slumped over behind the wheel of his car in October has released a statement.  Ceres Cafe said it is “fully cooperating with the office of the Inspector General on the ongoing investigation of this matter...

More details are emerging in the scandal surrounding former Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson, according to a new report indicating that more Chicago police employees are under investigation for an alleged cover-up to protect him. Susan Carlson reports.

Read the full statement below. Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson broke his silence after being fired from his job as the city’s top cop over what the mayor called “intolerable actions.”  Johnson denied the Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s allegations that he “intentionally mislead” her and the public on what happened when he was found slumped behind the wheel of a car on Oct....

The top headlines you need to know as you start your day on Dec. 3, 2019.

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.