The Watchdogs 09/16/2017, 09:38pm On duty, in uniform, suburban cops raffled off assault rifle THE WATCHDOGS: Melrose Park limits assault weapons, but on-duty cops raffled off an AR-15-style rifle at the Taste of Melrose Park festival.
The Watchdogs 09/08/2017, 04:55pm One lapse after another at CPS school where boy with autism drowned THE WATCHDOGS: How did a 14-year-old boy with autism slip unnoticed by six CPS staffers into a school pool and drown? A Sun-Times-BGA investigation.
The Watchdogs 09/11/2017, 10:08am Most Chicago cops pay small price for boozing, drug use Nearly 400 Chicago cops were investigated by the Chicago Police Department from 1997 to 2014 for alcohol or drug use, a Sun-Times analysis finds.
The Watchdogs 09/02/2017, 10:06am Labor watchdog wants answers from ex-Teamsters boss on son’s deals THE WATCHDOGS: Indicted former Teamsters boss John T. Coli Sr. now facing scrutiny over union deals that paid his son’s law firm millions of dollars.
The Watchdogs 08/26/2017, 08:45am City Haul: More than a third of Chicago city workers make $100K-plus THE WATCHDOGS: The number of city workers making more than Emanuel’s was up from 26 in a similar review by the Sun-Times in 2015.
The Watchdogs 08/25/2017, 06:47pm Chicago Police threw out bloody mattress in mysterious cop death THE WATCHDOGS: It’s one more irregularity in a case the FBI has been investigating for months.
The Watchdogs 08/23/2017, 11:37am 3 Chicago cops’ story of parking garage brawl unravels, suspect freed The Cook County state’s attorney’s office has suddenly dropped the criminal case against Joseph Baskins, the robbery suspect, without explanation.
The Watchdogs 08/23/2017, 11:35am Claypool cuts back on CPS consultants ? but not 3 he has ties to Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool says he turned to consultants he’s worked with before because he needed help from “skilled experts.”
The Watchdogs 08/23/2017, 11:36am THE WATCHDOGS: 90 airfield mishaps at O’Hare Airport since 2015 Errant driver’s close calls with three planes were among 90 airfield mishaps at O’Hare Airport since the start of 2015, records show.
The Watchdogs 08/23/2017, 11:34am THE WATCHDOGS: Koschman cop gets $37K in OT while fighting suspension The last cop facing discipline in David Koschman case has been paid more than $37,000 for overtime while on desk duty as he fights year’s suspension.
The Watchdogs 08/23/2017, 11:33am FAA stumbled probing flight from O’Hare getting too close to 2nd plane Because of a snafu, the FAA didn’t investigate
The Watchdogs 07/31/2017, 03:03pm Crime on the L, CTA buses is up; 90% of serious incidents go unsolved THE WATCHDOGS: CTA crime is up, and more than 90 percent of serious crimes reported on the L and buses and at CTA stations in Chicago go unsolved.
The Watchdogs 07/26/2017, 10:05pm WATCH: Newly released video shows police shootout at River West bar One of the men involved in the shootout in front of the Funky Buddha Lounge in 2015 just got 10 years in prison.
The Watchdogs 07/22/2017, 12:34pm Cops targeted Chicago’s most violent ‘beat.’ So crime moved next door. WATCHDOGS: The city’s most dangerous police “beat” is on the West Side. A neighboring beat held that unwanted crown until police cracked down there.