Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Search results for keyword: public safety found in 145 News.

extremism-in-the-ranks
  • by david hall
No extremist groups on list barring Chicago police officer membership, only street gangs

The document includes 675 gang factions department members are forbidden from joining – but no hate or extremist groups. A police spokesperson indicated such groups will be identified on a case-by-case basis.

police-reform
  • by david hall
Push to monitor Chicago police traffic stops under federal court order faces stiff resistance from community groups

Witnesses at federal court hearings worried that including traffic stops in a consent decree originally issued in 2019 to reform the Chicago Police Department would actually slow attempts to curb the controversial practice.

city-hall
  • by david hall
Parliamentary maneuver spares Johnson a City Council defeat on ethics reform — for a little while

The measure would stiffen penalties for lobbyists who contribute to mayoral campaigns in defiance of a 2011 executive order signed by then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In other action, after vigorous debate, the Council approved a "quiet zone" around a West Loop abortion clinic.

city-hall
  • by david hall
Mayor Johnson opposes 8 p.m. downtown curfew for minors

Ald. Brian Hopkins floated the idea of a curfew after a violent attack on a couple in Streeterville, but if the mayor has his way, Hopkins' trial balloon won't leave the ground.