COPA has released video of a deadly Dec. 9 Chicago police-involved shooting in West Ridge. The family of Roberto Calvario, Jr ...

A Cook County judge just rewired a big piece of Chicago’s police-oversight machinery, ruling Wednesday that Illinois law does allow the Civilian Office of Police Accountability to investigate fatal ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago City Council members discussed Tuesday possible changes to the way police officers are investigated and held accountable. Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office has proposed creating a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — On Thursday, Chicago’s Civilian ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — New details have emerged concerning the involvement of two people wanted in connection with an officer-involved shooting in Chicago and a subsequent high-speed chase Monday afternoon ...

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability determined police were not justified in stopping the man’s car and should not have searched him or his car after handcuffing him in Chicago’s River North ...

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has opened an investigation into an alleged battery that occurred last weekend in Wicker Park involving the Chicago police officer who fatally shot Officer ...

CHICAGO — An investigation by Chicago’s Office of Police Accountability (COPA) is underway on Thursday morning after a CPD officer opened fire on a group of apparent thieves after he was hit by one of ...

Four years ago, 20 members of the Chicago City Council signed a letter to then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot, “vehemently” opposing her nominee to lead the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Andrea ...

With Andrea Kersten’s announcement that she is stepping down as the leader of Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability, it is important to recognize where we are with police accountability ...

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This story was copublished with the Invisible Institute. Content note: This story discusses police violence. On the final day of May in 2020, at the height of demonstrations against police violence ...