Sam Charles
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CPD sergeant charged with battery after viral confrontation on Southwest Side (opens the original)
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A Chicago police sergeant was charged with two felony counts of battery earlier this month for allegedly hitting a teen girl in the head, leaving her with a concussion, during a heated confrontation in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood last month. Sgt. Jeremy Sikorski, 45, turned himself in on Sept. 22 at CPD’s Central (1st) District station in the South Loop, police records show. He was later charged with two counts of aggravated battery, according to Cook County court records. Sikorski’s arrest
44 applicants vie to become next CPD Superintendent (opens the original)
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Forty-four prospective candidates have submitted applications to become the next permanent superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, according to the city agency tasked with vetting those bids. The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability said in a statement Monday that, between Aug. 27 and Sept. 24, 44 applications were submitted by a diverse range of potential candidates, including several current and former CPD members and others “who have held high-ranking law enforce
Illinois Supreme Court hears argument over Chicago police discipline and transparency (opens the original)
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SPRINGFIELD — Attorneys for the union representing Chicago police officers and the city’s Department of Law squared off before the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday to argue the most significant police misconduct-related case in the city’s modern consent decree era — one that will decide the future of disciplinary proceedings involving Chicago Police Department officers accused of serious misconduct and the public’s right of access. Matt Pierce, the Fraternal Order of Police attorney who delive
Family of slain Cook County judge recalls loss ahead of sentencing (opens the original)
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Nearly 10 years have passed since Cook County Judge Raymond Myles was gunned down in a botched robbery attempt outside his home on the South Side. A West Side native and the oldest of 10 children, Myles was his family’s patriarch and a pillar of the Cook County judiciary. During a hearing Monday ahead of his convicted killer’s sentencing, Myles’ closest relatives remembered him as a loving, attentive father and a diligent jurist “with a servant’s heart” who sought to help whoever he could. The j
Chicagoans have broad demands as search for next CPD superintendent hits halfway mark (opens the original)
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Two months since the retirement of former police Superintendent Larry Snelling, Chicagoans have had their say in what the priorities of the next Chicago Police Department boss should be. And maybe it’s no surprise, they want everything. “If there’s something going on in my community, something as minor as dogs who are travelling through the community, we don’t call the dog catcher — we call the police,” Sharon Pincham, president of the West Chesterfield Community Association, said at a recent pu
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