Annie Sweeney

La policía trabaja el 12 de agosto de 2022 en la escena donde un oficial le disparó a una persona el jueves poco antes de la medianoche cerca de la cuadra 5300 de South May Street, en Chicago.

¿Está la Policía de Chicago donde y cuando más se le necesita?

August 17, 2022 at 3:59 p.m.

Un análisis realizado el año pasado, relacionado con los datos de despliegue del Departamento de Policía de Chicago, parece plantear dudas respecto a si los agentes de policía de Chicago...

Police work the scene on Aug. 12, 2022, where an officer shot a person Thursday shortly before midnight near the 5300 block of South May Street in Chicago.

Analysis suggests Chicago police deployment doesn’t match up with when most shootings take place

August 15, 2022 at 11:46 a.m.

An analysis last year of Chicago Police Department deployment data appears to raise questions about whether Chicago police officers are consistently on the street at times when most shootings happen...

Un rifle semiautomático Smith & Wesson M&P-15, similar al que se usó en el tiroteo masivo del 4 de julio en Highland Park, se exhibe durante la reunión de la Asociación Nacional del Rifle en Houston el 28 de mayo de 2022.

La orden de restricción de armas de fuego, una ley confusa e infrautilizada

August 10, 2022 at 3:20 p.m.

Un grupo de agentes de la ley y expertos de todo Illinois y del país se reunieron a mediados de junio para comenzar a elaborar un plan para aumentar la...

Robert Boik, executive director of the Chicago Police Department's Office of Constitutional Policing and Reform, addresses reporters at police headquarters on Sept. 8, 2021.

Chicago police director of reform fired following email to Superintendent David Brown over staff changes, sources say

August 10, 2022 at 5:58 p.m.

Robert Boik, the Chicago Police Department's executive director of constitutional policing and reform, was fired by the superintendent Tuesday after sending an email asking for a reversal of a decision...

A Smith & Wesson M&P-15 semi-automatic rifle, similar to the one used in the Highland Park Fourth of July mass shooting, is displayed during the National Rifle Association meeting in Houston on May 28, 2022.

In wake of Highland Park massacre, law on firearms restraining orders in Illinois seen as confusing and underused: police leaders, experts

August 16, 2022 at 4:28 p.m.

A group of law enforcement officials and experts from around Illinois and across the country gathered in mid-June to begin crafting a plan to increase awareness among the general public...

Feds: Wives of twin Chicago drug traffickers accused of laundering money ‘acted like what they were doing was illegal’

August 1, 2022 at 10:14 p.m.

The wives of twin Chicago drug traffickers who cooperated against Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman didn't act like they had immunity when they collected and spent piles of...

‘What do we have to protect us? Nothing’: Jail calls of Flores twins, wives discussing immunity played in court

July 26, 2022 at 10:11 p.m.

Chicago twins Pedro and Margarito Flores were in the middle of their cooperation against Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2010 when authorities intercepted a series of jail...

Chicago twin Pedro Flores testifies feds promised wife would get a pass in exchange for his cooperation against ‘El Chapo’

July 25, 2022 at 11:07 p.m.

Pedro Flores, a Chicago drug trafficker who along with his twin brother helped federal authorities build a case against Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, testified Monday that he...

Pedro Flores dice que los federales prometieron que su esposa no sería acusada a cambio de su cooperación contra ‘El Chapo’

July 25, 2022 at 7:56 p.m.

Pedro Flores, un narcotraficante de Chicago que junto con su gemelo ayudó a las autoridades federales a construir un caso contra el jefe del cártel de Sinaloa, Joaquín "El Chapo"...

In this courtroom sketch, from left, twin brothers Pedro and Margarito Flores, 33, of Chicago, appear before Chief U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo at federal court in Chicago on Jan. 27, 2015.

Wives of twins who helped bring down ‘El Chapo’ find themselves in spotlight, claiming they have immunity from federal hammer

July 24, 2022 at 9:13 p.m.

On a winter evening a little over a decade ago, as their husbands were busy cooperating against the most wanted cartel boss in the world, Valerie Gaytan and Vivianna Lopez...

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