Nearly fifteen months since the city closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago becomes the largest major city to reopen in the US CHICAGO – Today, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, along with CDPH Commissioner Allison Arwady, M.D. BACP Commissioner Rosa Escareño, city and community leaders, announced Chicago has moved to Phase […]

CPD partners with neighborhood residents to develop district-specific public safety plans; April crime reduction efforts build on near 20-year lows in robberies, burglaries, and motor vehicle thefts. The Chicago Police Department’s efforts to reduce violence continued in April, with violent crime down nearly 10 percent, according to year-to-date figures. The […]

The third weekend of May in Chicago saw an unrelenting shootings across the city and its suburbs. The trend this year seems to outpace last year’s shooting and homicide totals so far. This year, 227 people have been killed, that is more than 36 last year. The shootings mostly occur […]

Each driver involved in an Illinois traffic crash must file a crash report if the crash caused a death, bodily injury, or more than $1,500 of property damage when all drivers are insured. If any driver does not have insurance, the threshold is $500. If a police officer does not […]