Social media becoming important tool for policing

Jan. 20, 2012
For those who thought the future of crime fighting would look like RoboCop, think again. The future is here and it is social media.

The story of the Grant Park guillotine

Jan. 16, 2012
Crime was on the minds of Chicagoans on this January 16th in 1925.The city was earning a reputation as the wildest metropolis in the world. In the past five years robberies had gone up 35%, while the numbers of rapes, bombings, and arson cases were rising at an alarming rate.

McCarthy named Chicago's new police chief

May. 2, 2011
As expected, Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel completed his long-awaited search for a new Chicago Police Superintendent Monday by naming Garry McCarthy to the post. Since 2006, McCarthy has led the police department in Newark, NJ, and before that he served as Deputy Commissioner of Operations f

Retaking the street: Driving out gangs

Dec. 9, 2010
Even though the frigid cold has driven drug dealers and gangs indoors for the next few months, many Chicago neighborhoods can expect those problems to return once temperatures rise again. But this past summer and fall, two communities on Chicago’s far North Side took measures they hope wi