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Defendant Mortgage Lender obtained a judgment of foreclosure against Plaintiff homeowner, who had the right to possession of her home until the 3 month redemption period expired. Defendant contracted with outside companies to do property inspections and preservation services. Employees of one of ...

Officer Kirk Homoky was under investigation by the Hobart Police Department for misconduct. Homoky was to submit to a voice stress test, and the deputy chief stated that the investigation was an administrative investigation, not a criminal one and that Homoky would have protection of the Garrity ...

An arbitrator overturned the termination of an officer and found that the Department had not presented “clear and convincing evidence” that termination was warranted. The Department argued that the arbitrator used an improper burden of proof standard. The Village challenged the Arbitrator's decis...

By Employee Discrimination The Mayor recently announced that he was planning a hiring surge to bolster the ranks of the Chicago Police Department. This came as welcome news for all those living and working in Chicago. He promised to fill the vacancies that grown throughout the years due to hiring...

By: Jeremy GornerContact Reporter Chicago Tribune Dan Herbert, attorney for suspended Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, arrives Sept. 19, 2016, at a Chicago Police Board hearing on the proposed firing of Van Dyke and four other officers over the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald. (Phil Vela...

John Gantert was an officer for six years in the Rochester, New Hampshire police department. In 2011, Gantert was instructed to assist in booking an individual arrested for domestic violence. The Department standard operating procedure in domestic violence cases requires that an officer interview...

Jason Jordan was hired as an officer by the Union City, Georgia Police Department in 2012. Early in his training supervisors became concerned with his lack of engagement, and Jordan explained that his feelings were consistent with anxiety attacks he had in the past. The City immediately relieved ...

Officers are more conscious than ever that in their daily actions serving the public they are now placed under increased scrutiny. Distrust of law enforcement officers is a running theme in the media and even routine officer actions are now second guessed, extensively criticized, and reviewed ad ...

By Wayne Drash, CNN Chicago (CNN)With his tight buzz cut, angular face and square jaw, Daniel Herbert looks like a cop stuffed into a lawyer's tailored suit. There's a reason for that. He traded in his uniform years ago and now is a high-powered attorney defending police. Next to him this day in ...

I was honored to attend the Force Science certification course held last month. From a business standpoint, I was a bit reluctant about the idea of devoting an entire week to something that did not generate any income.  However, after attending the training and earning my certification in “force ...

Suspended Chicago Police Sgt. Samuel Cirone and recently retired Lt. Denis Walsh (Chicago Sun-Times) Tim Novak and Chris Fusco Sgt. Samuel Cirone is fighting a one-year suspension from the Chicago Police Department over his role in the creation of a bogus police report that shielded former Mayor ...

Jeffrey Vaughn, a former city police officer in Carbondale, was on duty and standing outside of his patrol car in a parking lot when he reached inside the car to answer a dispatcher's call on his police radio. While he was reaching into the car Vaughn struck his head on the door frame, resulting ...

The pendulum is swinging fast and it will take down anyone standing in its way. Uses of force policies for law enforcement throughout the nation are undergoing an unprecedented transformation. Many departments have created policies which are drastically more restrictive than what the United State...

By Jason Meisner | Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune March 2, 2016, 3:28 PM Standing before a federal judge Wednesday, Chicago police Officer Aldo Brown said he was frazzled from years of patrolling a violence-plagued South Side neighborhood when he made a “split-second decision” in 2012 that he w...

Stephanie Brown is an Officer with the Georgetown, Texas Police Department, who was investigated by the Department in 2013 for taking her then boyfriend's prescription medication and ingesting mescaline. Following the investigation, the Police Chief concluded that Brown used someone's prescriptio...

The Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald entered a not-guilty plea at his arraignment Tuesday. Jason Van Dyke appeared for the first time in front of Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan, who was assigned to hear his case. His lawyer, Danie...

Chicago police Officer Aldo Brown leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Wednesday after testifying at his excessive force trial. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) By Jason Meisner | Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune December 21, 2015, 7:48 PM Veteran Chicago police Officer Aldo Brown told a federal ...

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, right, attends a hearing with his attorney, Daniel Herbert, on Dec. 18, 2015, in the Leighton Criminal Court Building. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune) COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke arrived in court Friday morning ...

Sergeant Mark Lopez was president of the Scotts Valley Police Officers Association (SVPOA) Charitable Foundation and was accused of embezzling funds. Lopez had written a check to pay for his personal water bill as well as several checks for a scholarship for his daughter. The Chief of police elec...

A minor was found guilty of obstruction of justice for knowingly providing false information to a police officer in order to prevent his own apprehension. The minor gave false information about his identity after being placed in a squad car. The officer did not know about a separate, unrelated ju...

Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez (second from right) said the shooting that killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was “not justified and not a proper use of deadly force.” DNAinfo/Erica Demarest COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez on Tuesday said th...

By  Mark Konkol,  Kelly Bauer and Tanveer Ali CHICAGO — The much-anticipated police dashboard cam video of a Chicago Police officer shooting and killing a 17-year-old was released Tuesday evening, offering a graphic and chilling view of what prosecutors say was first-degree murder. The video of t...

Anne Swaney Tuesday, November 24, 2015 CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago police officer now faces first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, 17. He is being held without bail. Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke shot the black teenager 16 times in October 2014. The shooting w...

Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, a 14-year veteran of the force, faces first-degree murder charges and is being held without bail until Monday—when a judge will view the police dash-cam video of the fatal shooting of 17-year-old African-American Laquan McDonald. In a news conference Tuesday...