Eddie Johnson

A new report released Friday by the Chicago’s Office of Inspector General outlines an alleged cover-up by seven members of the Chicago Police Department surrounding then-Supt. Eddie Johnson’s 2019 drunk driving incident, a response that resulted in suspensions for all seven.

More details are emerging in the scandal surrounding former Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson, according to a new report indicating that more Chicago police employees are under investigation for an alleged cover-up to protect him.

Hours after Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired police superintendent Eddie Johnson for what she called “intolerable actions,” Charlie Beck, the interim superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, sent a letter to its members assuring them the department is “headed in the right direction.”  In her decision to fire Johnson, Lightfoot cited evidence she had reviewed from an ongoing investigation by...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot abruptly fired the city’s top cop Monday, terminating Supt. Eddie Johnson over allegations he “intentionally misled” both her and the public. Lightfoot said Johnson “engaged in a series of actions intolerable for any leader in a position of trust,” citing evidence she had reviewed from an ongoing investigation by the inspector general into an incident in...

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has filed a countersuit against the city of Chicago and wants a jury trial to decide his case.

Former Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has been named the interim superintendent of the Chicago Police Department following Supt. Eddie Johnson’s retirement announcement, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday.

Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Thursday announced plans to retire from his post as the city’s top cop after less than four years leading the department.

Chicago police Supt. Eddie Johnson will soon announce his retirement, according to multiple reports. The Chicago Tribune was the first to report the news on Tuesday, just one day after Johnson publicly said he was thinking of leaving the job he’s held for more than three years and from a department he joined more than three decades ago.

A federal judge on Tuesday denied Jussie Smollett’s request to have a lawsuit, which was filed by the city of Chicago seeking for him to pay for the costs of a police investigation into what he claimed was a racist and homophobic attack, tossed.

A Chicago judge ruled Friday that a former U.S. attorney examining the dismissal of charges against actor Jussie Smollett can stay on as special prosecutor, despite questions over a potential bias.

As the New York Police Department grapples with a rash of suicides by police officers, the largest police force in the U.S. will implement personal data mining of its officers to spot any red flags.

Jussie Smollett’s attorneys have filed a motion arguing that the actor should not have to pay Chicago $130,000 for a police investigation into what he claimed was a racist and homophobic attack, because he couldn’t have known how much time and money the department would spend looking into his allegations.

A rash of suicides by police officers has shaken the New York Police Department, leading the commissioner to declare a mental health emergency and highlighting the problem of untreated depression among law enforcement officers nationwide.

An NYPD cop was found in with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his home in Queens Wednesday evening, according to law enforcement sources. Ida Siegal reports.

The hospital that treated the infant child who was ripped from his mother’s womb after her grisly slaying in Chicago says bills sent to the infant’s father were an “error.”

The mother-daughter duo accused of killing a pregnant Chicago teen before cutting her unborn baby from her womb and claiming it as their own are now facing a new murder charge- for the infant’s death.

Records show that a white Chicago police sergeant was never punished for using a racist slur about then-President Barack Obama more than three years ago.

The city of Chicago has released two 911 calls made after ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett claimed he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio has the latest.

Bodycam footage from Chicago police shows Jussie Smollett with a noose around his neck as officers arrive at his home the night the “Empire” actor reported what police have since called a staged racist and homophobic attack on himself. The footage is part of a massive release of video in the case. 

The newborn baby of Marlen Ochoa died early Friday, a family spokeswoman said, nearly two months after authorities said he was cut from the 19-year-old woman’s womb.