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Chicago Police Supt. David Brown on Tuesday talked to new police recruits about policing, reforms and race.

Nearly 8,000 officers will be added to city streets this upcoming Labor Day weekend, with extended working hours and cancelled days off, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown announced Friday.

Chicago’s police superintendent suggested Monday that officers in the city are being targeted by violent criminals as the number of officers being shot at or shot skyrockets.

Chicago police are expected to discuss updates to the weekend’s violence and the department’s response to protests downtown at a news conference on Monday morning.

Charges have been filed against the suspect in a shooting that wounded two Chicago police officers Sunday in the Homan Square neighborhood on the West Side, authorities say.

Two Chicago police officers were shot early Sunday while trying to arrest a person with a gun during a traffic stop, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said. According to officials, the officers approached the vehicle, which police said matched the description from a call about a person with a gun, at approximately 2:30 a.m. in the 3300 block of West…

Two Chicago police officers were shot early Sunday while trying to arrest a person with a gun during a traffic stop, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown says. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres has the latest details.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, citing threats against her and her family, defended a police presence outside her Northwest Side home where protesters are being blocked. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciehowski reports.

Chaos erupted in downtown Chicago early Monday, with widespread looting at countless businesses, property damage, as well as shots fired both at and by police.

Multiple officers are undergoing treatments after sustaining wounds Thursday morning when gunfire erupted as they attempted to arrest a “violent carjacking offender” at a district police station in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

The alleged leader of the Black Disciples in Chicago was arrested Tuesday in a sweeping federal gang and drug investigation on the South Side, law enforcement officials announced. The leader, 34-year-old Darnell “Murderer” McMiller, is among 23 charged with federal drug and gun charges, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago. The years-long investigation recovered 24 guns, more than 13 kilograms of cocaine,...