At a Nov. 12 court hearing, police reform advocates had strong critiques of "investigatory stop" reforms proposed by the Chicago Police Department.

The city of Chicago announced last week that it's about to launch a thorough study of police staffing, resulting in department-wide recommendations to be shared publicly. Aldermen and the public have been kept mostly in the dark.

Inside Chicago Government presents audio from a federal court's public status hearing on the Chicago Police Department Consent Decree held on Sept. 10 2024.

At a hearing in June of 2024, a federal judge overseeing the Chicago Police Department Consent Decree heard arguments over whether a court should dictate police practices concerning traffic stops.

Audio from a public meeting of the Chicago Police Board on Feb. 22 2024, which featured a clash between the heads of the Chicago Police Dept. and the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

At a January meeting of the Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability, Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling defended the controversial Shotspotter gunfire detection system.

At a November public meeting, a Chicago Police Dept. sergeant revealed unsafe and unhealthy conditions at the 11th District police station on the West Side.

Inside Chicago Government presents audio from a federal court's public status hearing on the Chicago Police Department Consent Decree held on Dec. 14, 2023.

Inside Chicago Government presents audio from a federal court's public status hearing on the Chicago Police Department Consent Decree held on Nov 16, 2023.

At a public meeting, prospective Chicago police superintendent Larry Snelling hinted at where and how he'd allocate and deploy cops.

In audio from a June 2, 2023 public meeting, lawyers from the city of Chicago and the American Civil Liberties Union clashed on the pace of police reforms mandated by the 2019 Consent Decree.

In an audio piece, a Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability member questioned police workforce allocation—a matter also highlighted in a report by Mayor Brandon Johnson's transition team.

Members of Chicago’s Use of Force Community Working Group criticized use-of-force training by the Chicago Police Department.

In an audio interview, Dave Glowacz spoke with a former city budget analyst. The analyst explained his startling claim: The real cost of the Chicago Police Dept. is 75 percent more than the $1.9 billion that the city's 2023 budget allocates to the department.

An on-line survey has become available for Chicagoans to say how the Chicago Police Dept. should focus its training.

Transcript of Oct. 21 remarks by former Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson on the uses of data to solve inequities in the criminal justice system.

Chicago's Public Building Commission announced that it will lead contractors through a tour of the planned Joint Public Safety Training Campus on the West Side.

In recorded audio, we hear Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson warn members of the City Council about departures of key officials—and the effect on reform of the Chicago Police Department.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on WCPT-AM's Ben Joravsky Show, Ben asks Mr Bike about Chicagoans in black areas that have gotten bicycling tickets in far greater numbers than those in white areas, and more.

At its February, 2018 meeting, the Chicago Police Board dismissed an officer who drunkenly threatened to kill himself with a gun, then lied to investigators.