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Video captured the chaotic moment a man found sleeping in a stolen vehicle tried to flee from police by driving onto a downtown Chicago sidewalk before he quickly crashed the SUV and was ultimately arrested Monday morning.

Fernanda Ballesteros, Chicago police officer critically injured in a shooting in West Englewood last week, was released from the University of Chicago Medical Center Monday morning as fellow officers and a mariachi band greeted her.

After a violent Memorial Day Weekend, Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Police are teaming up to keep kids safe this summer.

Closures, a heightened police presence, increased patrols, a new curfew and more are on tap in Chicago for Memorial Day weekend, police and city officials said. Chris Hush reports.

Chicago police give an update on a mass shooting that left nine people shot, two of them fatally, in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood.

Since 2009, hundreds of Chicago police officers have collectively spent more than 1,241 years relieved of their police powers as investigations into their conduct have dragged on, in many cases, for years.

A Chicago police officer was served hair and dirt after ordering at a Wendy’s early Monday, police said.

Body camera video obtained by NBC 5 Investigates on Friday shows the drug-related arrest of a man in a Chicago police deputy chief’s vehicle, which was being driven by the high-ranking officer’s niece, who can be heard on the footage telling officers at the scene that her aunt is “probably your boss.”

Two Chicago police officers were wounded during an ambush Friday morning on the city’s West Side, authorities stated. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Two Chicago police officers have been wounded in a shooting early Friday on the city’s West Side and the suspected gunman was captured nearby, authorities said.

Police say two Chicago police officers were shot and wounded by a gunman who dropped a handgun while waiting in line at a restaurant with one of the officers, picked it up and opened fire

A woman who lives on Chicago’s North Side recounted a terrifying encounter Saturday in which she she said a man was caught on video trying to break into her apartment. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Who took the Chicago police entrance exam in 2021, as the department – facing a higher than usual attrition rate – looks to both bolster and diversify its ranks in the wake of a watchdog report on its retention of minority candidates throughout the application process?

Who took the Chicago police entrance exam in 2021, as the department – facing a higher than usual attrition rate – looks to both bolster and diversify its ranks in the wake of a watchdog report on its retention of minority candidates throughout the application process? NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers reports.

Two Chicago police officers were among three people injured Friday morning in a crash in South Shore on the Far South Side.

The Chicago Police Department has canceled officers’ days off this weekend as the Fraternal Order of Police blamed COVID-19 for a staffing shortage.

Following a chaotic weekend that saw large groups of teens arrested, Chicago police on Friday issued a warning to those planning to come to the city and commit crimes. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot in the leg early Saturday in Roscoe Village on the North Side.

One person was killed and seven others — including three teens — wounded in citywide shootings Friday.

The controversial president of Chicago’s police union could be fired from the department over comments he made on social media in previous years as he becomes the subject of a police board hearing this week.