Chicago Police Department

Rule Changes

Would use gunshot-detection technology in the field

Chicago still has no gunshot-detection system on its streets. On Nov. 9, Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration said it will let every short-listed bidder demonstrate its technology in a six-month pilot across six South and West Side police districts, dropping an earlier single-vendor plan.

Updated Yesterday

Rule Changes

Implemented new missing persons policy

The Chicago Police Department has rewritten its missing persons policy for the first time since 2016. The new 20-page policy requires officers to see a missing person with their own eyes before declaring them found. It also bars officers from closing a case just because they have run out of leads or believe the person is dead.

Updated 5 days ago

Force in Play

Investigating the shooting; stripped Delgado-Arroyo's police powers

An off-duty Chicago police officer shot and wounded two men in Little Village early on Oct. 4, then drove down the block and fired two guns at once toward the group, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) says. The department stripped Officer Edgar Delgado-Arroyo of his police powers nine days later.

Updated Oct 30

Rule Changes

Investigating the February report and an October report at a nearby fraternity

A 19-year-old woman who is not a University of Chicago student sued the school's Alpha Delta Phi chapter on Oct. 19 over a February rape she says a member committed at the house. Her lawsuit says the chapter has drawn sexual assault reports since 2009, and a campus safety meeting on Oct. 21 drew calls for answers.

Updated Oct 25

Money Moves

Under federal consent decree since 2019

The Chicago City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 14 to pay $260.8 million to 17 men framed by former detective Reynaldo Guevara. The men spent a combined 383 years in prison. City lawyers said a jury trial could have cost more than $1 billion.

Updated Oct 21