CHICAGO (WLS) -- Changes to the civilian agency that acts as a watchdog to the Chicago Police Department were announced Monday afternoon. Sharon Fairley, the acting head of the Independent Police ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Hours after the U.S. Department of Justice announced it will investigate the Chicago Police Department and the release of another dashcam video showing a fatal police shooting, Mayor ...

The agency that investigates police shootings did not know of dash-cam footage from fatal 2011 shooting until WBEZ reported on it. The agency that investigates Chicago police shootings finally has a ...

(CBS)-- The Independent Police Review Authority is recommending that the police officer involved in the 2012 fatal shooting of Rekia Boyd be fired, according to a statement from a Chicago Police News ...

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CHICAGO (STMW) --The Independent Police Review Authority has recommended that three police officers it deemed were involved in unjustified shootings should be fired. IPRA spokeswoman Mia Sissac said ...

The head of Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority says a proposal by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to abolish her agency would be “a huge opportunity.” But some aldermen say they need more details about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 9—Early into Lily Alexander's career as a student journalist, she hit a roadblock many journalists face. Following a ...