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News & Politics, Feature Sep 22, 2016
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The rise and fall of community policing in Chicago

Chicago used to be at the vanguard of community policing. But more than two decades after the strategy was launched, CAPS is a shadow of its former self.
- By Nissa Rhee, Manny Ramos, and Andrea Salcedo
- Tags: Feature, News, Shots Fired, CAPS, Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy, Chicago Police Department, CPD, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Phil Cline, Garry McCarthy, Eddie Johnson, John Campos, District 11, west side, crime, violence, Laquan McDonald, community policing, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Justice, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2014
What was in those files the Tribune didn't pick up?

The Webb report says the Chicago Tribune didn't pick up some police files.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Chicago Tribune, Hal Dardick, FOIAs, Chicago Police Department, "The Death of David Koschman: Report of the Special Prosecutor, " Chicago Sun-Times, TIm Novak, Dan Webb, Matthew Sandoval, R.J. Vanecko, Chris Fusco, Joe Ferguson, Chicago Inspector General's Office, Chicago Police News Affairs Office, Phil Cline

News & Politics, Feature May 8, 2013
Audio
Addicted to guns

Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, 24th Ward, 911, addiction, Anita Alvarez, Antonio Villaraigosa, ATF, Barack Obama's house, basketball, cannabis, CeaseFire, Charlie Beck, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Tribune, Christopher Koper, City Colleges, City Council, conflict resolution, conflicts, Connie Rice, Cook County state's attorney, CPD, crime, drinking, drug dealing, drug territory, Englewood, Evans Mob, ex-offenders, Frederick Seaton, gang members, gang territory, gangs, Gangster Disciples, Gary McCarthy, George Mason University, Greater Grand Crossing, gun laws, gun violence, guns, Hadiya Pendleton, Hales Franciscan High School, high school basketball, interruption, Jack Tweedle, Kennedy-King College, liquor stores, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Develop, marijuana, Marilyn Pitchford, Michael Chandler, Michael Davis, murder, Napoleon English, neighborhoods, Phil Cline, police overtime, policing, poverty, prison, Project Safe Neighborhoods, punishment, race, Rahm Emanuel, restaurants, Richard M. Daley, roots of violence, Safer Foundation, Sheldon Smith, shootings, social services, South Side, The Crime Report, Tony Wade, Turkey Chop, U.S. attorney, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, U.S. Department of Justice, Vice Lords, violence, violence interrupters, Violence Reduction Strategy, West Humboldt Park, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Aug 18, 2011
On feeling lousy

Disease is relative
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Sports, News Bites, News, Phil Cline, Jeremy Maclin, lymphoma

Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2011
New police chief sets out to show he's not the old police chief
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, Clout City, News, Garry McCarthy, City Council, Jody Weis, Richard Mell, Phil Cline, Ray Suarez, James Balcer, Willie Cochran, Anthony Beale, aldermen, Chicago City Council

Blogs, Bleader May 2, 2011
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel Names Public Safety Team, Explains Meaning of "Diversity"
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago politics, Chicago Police Department, Garry McCarthy, Felicia Davis, Gary Schenkel, Chicago Fire Department, emergency management, OEMC, Terry Hillard, Phil Cline, Jody Weis

Blogs, Bleader Apr 19, 2007
Killed on Camera

John Conroy, author of this week's cover story about the videotaped killing of Michael Pleasance by police officer Alvin Weems, narrates the footage on our site and appears on WGN news to discuss it tonight.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, John Conroy, Phil Cline, Michael Pleasance, Alvin Weems, Chicago police, videotape

News & Politics, Feature Apr 19, 2007
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Killed On Camera

Officer Alvin Weems shot an unarmed man point-blank in view of CTA security cameras. Investigators recommended that he be fired. Phil Cline promoted him.
- By John Conroy
- Tags: Feature, Killed On Camera, Alvin Weems, Michael Pleasance, shooting video, Anthony Abbate, Phil Cline, Karolina Obrycka, Public Transportation Section, Office of Professional Standards, Tiffany Walker, Pat Camden, Patrick Anderson, 95th Street Red Line, Lori Lightfoot, Pamela Pleasance, Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz, Al Schwartz, Craig Mannarino, Monique Bond, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2007
Two different worlds

The Tribune covers the world but the Sun-Times knows what to do with a good local story.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: News, News Bites, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Jon Burge, Phil Cline, Chicago Police Department, Anthony Abate, Joseph Miedzianowski, Carol Marin, Maurice Possley, Annie Sweeney, Lynn Sweet, Jesse's Short Stop Inn

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Video
The rise and fall of community policing in Chicago

Chicago used to be at the vanguard of community policing. But more than two decades after the strategy was launched, CAPS is a shadow of its former self.

What was in those files the Tribune didn't pick up?

The Webb report says the Chicago Tribune didn't pick up some police files.

Audio
Addicted to guns

Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?

On feeling lousy

Disease is relative

New police chief sets out to show he's not the old police chief

Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel Names Public Safety Team, Explains Meaning of "Diversity"

Killed on Camera

John Conroy, author of this week's cover story about the videotaped killing of Michael Pleasance by police officer Alvin Weems, narrates the footage on our site and appears on WGN news to discuss it tonight.

Video
Killed On Camera

Officer Alvin Weems shot an unarmed man point-blank in view of CTA security cameras. Investigators recommended that he be fired. Phil Cline promoted him.

Two different worlds

The Tribune covers the world but the Sun-Times knows what to do with a good local story.

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Chicago used to be at the vanguard of community policing. But more than two decades after the strategy was launched, CAPS is a shadow of its former self.

The Webb report says the Chicago Tribune didn't pick up some police files.

Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?

Disease is relative

John Conroy, author of this week's cover story about the videotaped killing of Michael Pleasance by police officer Alvin Weems, narrates the footage on our site and appears on WGN news to discuss it tonight.

Officer Alvin Weems shot an unarmed man point-blank in view of CTA security cameras. Investigators recommended that he be fired. Phil Cline promoted him.

The Tribune covers the world but the Sun-Times knows what to do with a good local story.

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