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Chicago Police camera in 2006 Chicago Police helmet & billy-club circa 1968. Chicago police officers are required to buy their own duty equipment (except Taser x2 and Motorola radio Motorola phone). [115] All field officers must also be qualified to carry a Taser. Some officers choose to carry a backup weapon as well, which must meet certain ...
From 1927 through 1960, the head of police was titled the Commissioner of Police. [1] [2] In 1960, the head of police assumed its current title, Superintendent of Police. [1] [2] Samuel Nolan was the first African-American individual to serve as head of the police department in an interim capacity, doing so from late–1979 until January 1980.
The Chicago-based watchdog group Better Government Association criticized the practice of maintaining uncertified auxiliary police officers in Illinois and nationwide, writing, following a joint investigation in 2019 with WMAQ-TV: "Most of the time, this army of under-trained cops works without incident in low-risk tasks such as directing ...
At the Chicago Police Board’s monthly meeting Thursday night, anger was palpable. One month after Dexter Reed was killed in a shootout with CPD officers in Humboldt Park, dozens of activists and ...
Long before Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke shot and killed a black teenager, sparking a public outcry and now a Justice Department probe into the city’s troubled police department, he had established a track record as one of Chicago’s most complained-about cops. Since 2001, civilians have lodged 20 complaints against Van Dyke. None ...
The police officers and firefighter were responding to reports of a truck fire in Arlington Heights, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, around 4 p.m. Friday and assessing the scene ...
Jody Peter "J.P." Weis is the former Superintendent of Police of the Chicago Police Department. Weis was selected to serve as the 54th Superintendent of Police by Mayor Richard M. Daley . Upon his resignation and retirement, he was replaced by Interim Superintendent Terry Hillard, a predecessor.
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell announced plan for new $100 million police headquarters. What's not yet certain is where it would be located.