ShotSpotter Showdown Set in Chicago Amid Fierce Debate Over Value of Gunshot Detection System (news.wttw.com)
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Probe Opened Into Allegations of Excessive Force by Chicago Police Officers During Pro-Palestinian Protests (news.wttw.com)
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Push to Create Permanent Chicago Police Oversight Board Begins (news.wttw.com)
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Big Win for Grasslands as Openlands, Wetlands Initiative Celebrate $1.5M Federal Grant to Restore 1,000 Acres at Midewin (news.wttw.com)
The grant was awarded through the America the Beautiful Challenge. The program, now in its second year, is funded in part by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Chicago Has Seen 418 Homicides and 1,988 People Shot This Year, Lowest Numbers Since 2019: Police (news.wttw.com)
Monthly CPD data published Tuesday shows that the city has recorded 418 homicides, 1,677 shootings and 1,988 shooting victims in 2023 through the end of August. Each of those totals is the fewest through the first eight months of a year since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
More faked evidence by Chicago Police costs $25-million, and two men lose 34 years of their lives (news.wttw.com)
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Wrongful convictions cost Chicago taxpayers $153M from 2019 to 2023 (news.wttw.com)
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Repeated Police Misconduct by 116 Officers Cost Chicago Taxpayers $91.3M Over 3 Years: Analysis (news.wttw.com)
Chicago taxpayers paid $91.3 million to resolve lawsuits that named 116 Chicago police officers whose alleged misconduct led more than once to payouts between 2019 and 2021, according to an analysis of city data by WTTW News....
Repeated Police Misconduct by 116 Officers Cost Chicago Taxpayers $91.3M Over 3 Years: Analysis (news.wttw.com)
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Repeated police misconduct by 116 officers cost Chicago taxpayers $91.3M over 3 years: analysis (news.wttw.com)