The city replaced Herbert Pulgar's city sticker design with one that would ostensibly pass the critical eye of Detective Shaved Longcock. more ›

A Chicago police blogger studied the winning entry in the Chicago vehicle sticker contest and determined the artist included symbolism for a street gang in the artwork. this would be the first city sticker to include Mayor Rahm Emanuel's name on it. more ›

Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy reversed a rule change by predecessor Jody Weis to ensure unused vacation day payouts like the $76,000 Weis collected as he left the Department don't happen again. more ›

Police Superintendent said his department plans to "obliterate" the Maniac Latin Disciples street gang. more ›

Walking away from your job with a check for more than $76,000 in unused vacation pay trumps never being accepted by your co-workers. more ›

Last week, we wrote about the Chicago Park District's top honchos lavishing in fancy hotels and dining on expensive meals while lobbying on business trips across the country. Perhaps their priorities have gone awry because instead they could be working on fixing a much needed west side gymnasium that flooded last summer. more ›

Philadelphia Police Superintendent Charles Ramsey, who has been widely reported to be Mayor-elect Emanuel's choice to replace Jody Weis as Chicago's top cop, is staying put in Philly, sources are telling the Sun-Times. Although Ramsey told the Sun-Times in an interview that the support he received from Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, business leaders and media were what swayed him, the Bright One suggests that Ramsey would have bolted for his hometown had Emanuel signed off on his $400,000 annual salary demand. more ›

Like Terry Mazany at the Chicago Public Schools, Interim Police Superintendent Terry Hillard appears to be busting some rump to leave the Police Department in a good condition for when Mayor-elect Emanuel takes office in May. Hillard is reported to be chipping away at some of the changes implemented by his predecessor, Jody Weis. Among Hillard's reversals are changes to the central command structure within the police department and moving police officers from specialized units and putting them on the street. more ›

With all the bitching and moaning by the Police Department rank and file about how morale has tanked under Jody Weis, one would think that the department would be better off looking for a good therapist to help them work out their issues instead of Weis's replacement. The Police Board that's charged with conducting the search for a new superintendent only so Mayor-elect Emanuel can select Charles Ramsey anyway began their search yesterday by asking applicants for the top cop job how they would improve morale in the department. more ›

The Sun-Times' Fran Spielman reported late last week that Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner Charles Ramsey is open to replacing Jody Weis as Chicago's top cop, but only if he has assurances from Mayor-elect Emanuel that he's his pick for the job. more ›

Jody Weis stepped down as Police Superintendent yesterday, the final day of a $310,000-per-year contract he signed in 2008. Weis, had requested a written contract extension to stay on as Superintendent through the end of Richard Daley's mayoral reign. But Daley was unwilling to offer it; the contract extension would have required City Council approval. more ›

In what is a stunning turn of events, NBC Chicago is reporting that Police Superintendent Jody Weis is set to leave his post at the end of the day. more ›

Remember when Police Superintendent Jody Weis met with gang leaders last August, warned them that he would hold them responsible for murders committed by their foot soldiers and would make their lives unbearable if the killings didn't stop? Remember all the politicians who said the Police Superintendent shouldn't be negotiating with street gangs when news spread of Weis' summit? Weis held a news conference yesterday at Police Headquarters to tout the success of that summit, showing that murders in the Harrison District on the West side have decreased since he and other law enforcement officials met with the gang leaders. more ›

Police complaints filed during Jody Wes' tenure as Police Superintendent are down over the three years before his appointment, according to an article in today's Sun-Times. But there seems to be a debate over whether the decline in complaints is due to police acting more professionally under Weis, or if they aren't doing their jobs on the streets as aggressively in a passive protest to a police chief they feel doesn't have their backs. more ›

A Chicago Police Officer used to walk a beat. He’d get to know the tavern owner, the baker and could nail a collar in no time. Then the department upgraded to cars. Officers chase calls 24 hours a day roaming the city endlessly. Today the CPD is predicting where and when a crime will occur, and quite accurately. more ›

Police Superintendent Jody Weis doesn't seem like he has tons of friends, but it's good that the one friend he does have is the Mayor of Chicago: although Weis' contract ends in March, Mayor Daley announced that he would be keeping Weis as the Superintendent until mid-May when Daley's own term in office is up. more ›

Police Superintendent Jody Weis's contract expires on March 1 and, at this point, one wonders why he is on record as saying he'd take a pay cut to stay on the job. We already know what the rank and file think of Weis. It doesn't help to have the mayoral hopefuls, all vying for the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police, saying that Weis needs to be replaced. more ›

Today must have been the day where Carol Moseley Braun decided to scorch the earth with her mouth. First, there was her (needless?) warning to Bill Clinton regarding the mayoral race she has no chance of winning. Now, she said that Police Superintendent Jody Weis should be replaced because he hasn't connected to the rank-and-file. more ›

Police take their oath "to serve and protect" to heart. But it still comes as a shock when we read news of a policeman killed, whether in the line of duty or not. We were shocked a lot in 2010. more ›

Chicago Police have been sweeping through the South Side on the hunt for the killers of Officers Michael Flisk, Stephen Peters and David Blake. Police are roaming with automatic rifles, K-9 units, knocking on doors and stopping cars looking for information. Yesterday community volunteers handed out fliers publicizing the $10,000 reward in the case. So far there is a person of interest in Friday's shootings. more ›

Police Department officials are at a loss today as to why a 15-year veteran was killed off-duty last night. The identity of the officer is being withheld pending family notification and the officer apparently had few relations in the city. more ›

Although Police Department Superintendent Jody Weis hasn't put together a plan yet to reallocate cops from lower crime districts to higher crime areas, a study by the Sun-Times shows that, if the plan was based on 911 calls and "radio assignments pending call events," police districts on the North Side would lose cops to higher crime districts on the South and West Sides. more ›

According to statistics announced yesterday by Police Superintendent Jody Weis, crime in Chicago has decreased for a 22nd straight month. more ›

Reacting to criticism about raising the minimum age limit for taking the police exam to 25, Police Superintendent Jody Weis struck a compromise that either is wise like Solomon or reeks of politics. more ›

In an effort to bring in more mature candidates, the Chicago police Department is raising the minimum age to apply to the force to 25. Military veterans are also going to be a hiring preference. more ›

Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis must be counting down the days until his contract is up, so he can get the hell out of Dodge. Two of the cops he suspended in connection to an alleged police brutality incident earlier this month are now suing Weis for defamation of character. more ›

Remember all the rigmarole following Jody Weis's meeting with gang leaders, letting them know that if the gangs didn't lay the hammer down on their members killing others, the Police Department would crack down on the entire gang? more ›

Testifying at City Council budget hearings yesterday, Chicago Police Department Superintendent Jody Weis defended himself against complaints that he's been slow to fill the manpower shortages in the department. Citing budgetary constraints as the main reason the Police Department is 2,300 officers-per-day short of authorized strength, Weis said that he will "reallocate" officers currently on desk duty in lower crime districts to areas of the city where resources are desperately needed in the fight against crime. more ›

The investigation into a police brutality probe widened yesterday with the announcement that six more police officers have been stripped of their duties, raising the number of officers reprimanded in connection to the case to seven. more ›

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