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Officer Alberto Covarrubias shot and killed Michael Craig on Oct. 4, 2021. Craig called 911 to say that his wife was attacking him with a knife. Craig’s family was awarded an $8.75 million settlement by the city in December.

Attorneys for Chicago’s police superintendent have taken legal action to ask a Cook County judge to reverse a recent Chicago Police Board ruling that cleared a controversial police officer of wrongdoing — the first time in the consent-decree era that the city and its police boss have made such a request. County court records show the complaint for administrative review was submitted on behalf ...

CHICAGO — (TNS) The Chicago Police Board announced at its monthly meeting last week that four officers accused of misconduct — making false statements and using excessive force during the

The Chicago Police Board announced at its monthly meeting last week that four officers accused of misconduct — making false statements and using excessive force during the unrest of 2020 — were not guilty of the administrative charges against them. And, in response to an order from a Cook County judge, the board also upheld an earlier decision to fire two other officers who had fired their ...

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Board announced at its monthly meeting last week that four officers accused of misconduct — making false statements and using excessive force during the unrest of 2020 — were not guilty of the administrative charges against them. And, in response to an order from a Cook County judge, the board also upheld an earlier decision to fire two other officers who had fired ...

Then-Chicago Police Supt. David Brown filed administrative charges last October accusing the officers of making false statements in the shooting of William Hope Jr. and recommended they be fired.

The Chicago Police Board, the nine-person body that metes out discipline in the most serious cases of alleged misconduct by Chicago police officers, is in a state of flux. No longer does the board have a say in who should be CPD superintendent, and the union representing rank-and-file CPD officers contends that cops facing disciplinary charges should be afforded the option to have their cases ...

The Chicago Police Board, the nine-person body that metes out discipline in the most serious cases of alleged misconduct by Chicago police officers, is in a state of flux. No longer does the board have a say in who should be CPD superintendent, and the union representing rank-and-file CPD officers contends that cops facing disciplinary charges should be afforded the option to have their cases ...