Paige Fry

The podium in the news media briefing room at Chicago police headquarters, 3510 S. Michigan Ave., Sept. 8, 2021.

Third Chicago police officer death within a week underscores issue of suicide among cops, officials say

December 21, 2022 at 2:53 a.m.

An off-duty Chicago police officer was found dead in her home Tuesday morning, making her the third officer who has died within a week and the second to die by...

Robert Boik, then-executive director of the Office of Constitutional Policing & Reform at the Chicago Police Department, addresses reporters about the department's progress in meeting consent decree deadlines on Sept. 8, 2021.

New consent decree report criticizes police Superintendent David Brown’s firing of reform official, staff retention efforts

December 16, 2022 at 10:02 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department's firing of a key official in charge of implementing court-ordered reforms "sent a demoralizing message" to police and other personnel who are committed to improving the...

Chicago police Officer Thomas Sherry leaves the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in 2009 after all charges against him and a fellow officer were dropped at the request of Cook County prosecutors. Sherry had been charged with armed violence and aggravated kidnapping, among other charges, alleging that he and other officers had robbed drug dealers and law-abiding citizens of cash and property.

Chicago police officer tied to disgraced unit fired 18 years after scandal

December 16, 2022 at 5:44 p.m.

A Chicago police officer was fired late Thursday for his role 18 years ago in one of the biggest scandals in department history. The Police Board decided to dismiss Officer...

The casket of Chicago police Officer Ella French is brought through the vestibule before the funeral Mass for French on Aug. 19, 2021, at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel.

Man who straw-purchased gun used to kill Chicago police Officer Ella French sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison

December 18, 2022 at 2:39 p.m.

In a federal courtroom filled with Chicago police officers, Elizabeth French — mother of slain Officer Ella French — recounted for a judge Wednesday how she went to a hospital...

Candles sit near a bar where a fight led to a fatal shooting at West School Street and North Central Avenue on the Northwest Side leaving three dead and one in critical condition Dec. 11, 2022.

Detectives questioning person of interest in Portage Park triple homicide

December 13, 2022 at 12:20 a.m.

Chicago police detectives questioned a person of interest Monday in a triple homicide over the weekend in the Portage Park neighborhood. No arrests have been made in the shooting that...

Jose Duran recovers at his sister's home on Dec. 9, 2022, in Chicago. The 28-year-old chef at Schwa was shoved off the CTA Blue Line Division stop platform onto the tracks.

‘I forgive him’: Chef at Michelin-star restaurant focuses on healing, cautions others to be vigilant after being pushed onto CTA Blue Line tracks

December 11, 2022 at 2:20 p.m.

Talking through his wired-shut mouth, Jose Duran said he forgives the man who — without a known motive — shoved him from behind off the CTA Blue Line Division stop...

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Third Chicago police officer death within a week underscores issue of suicide among cops, officials say

New consent decree report criticizes police Superintendent David Brown’s firing of reform official, staff retention efforts

Chicago police officer tied to disgraced unit fired 18 years after scandal

Man who straw-purchased gun used to kill Chicago police Officer Ella French sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison

Detectives questioning person of interest in Portage Park triple homicide

‘I forgive him’: Chef at Michelin-star restaurant focuses on healing, cautions others to be vigilant after being pushed onto CTA Blue Line tracks

Police conduct death investigation after 2 bodies found in South Side apartment

Body of 21-year-old man pulled from Lake Michigan, police say

Chicago police leaders say applications have increased in 2022 amid national cop staffing shortage

Consent Decree Coalition boycotts CPD’s home-raids community engagement plan