The Police Department began using gunshot detection technology early last month in two 1.5-square-mile areas to try to better pinpoint the location of gunshots, Superintendent Garry McCarthy disclosed Thursday. The sensors sometimes give officers information before...
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CPD Brass Wants Tighter Gun Tracking
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said today that he would like to see gun owners in Illinois have to report when their weapons are stolen, lost or sold – steps he said would lower the number of firearms in the hands of criminals. ... “We keep trying to...
Alderman Ervin’s Maywood ‘Drug House’
For Ald. Jason Ervin, who represents a large swath of Chicago’s troubled West Side, drug activity in the area hits particularly close to home. That’s because until recently, Ervin owned what police and others portray as a “drug house” in nearby Maywood. During the...
Islamist Radicals Visited White House
A year-long investigation by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) has found that scores of known radical Islamists made hundreds of visits to the Obama White House, meeting with top administration officials. via The Investigative Project on Terrorism. This is...