Chicago Police Department

Despite years of reform efforts, a newly-released report has found a racial disparity still remains persistent when it comes to who Chicago police officers pull over, stop and frisk, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

Despite years of reform efforts, a newly-released report has found a racial disparity still remains persistent when it comes to who Chicago police officers pull over, stop and frisk.

The update from Chicago Police comes following a series of violent weekends in Chicago, including Memorial Day weekend, where the city saw at least 11 people fatally shot and 53 shot and wounded.

With public safety and gun violence on the tops of residents minds as the weather in Chicago gets warmer, interim supt. Fred Waller on Monday discussed the Chicago Police Department’s plans for summer safety. Sandra Torres has more.

After an extremely violent weekend in which nine people were killed and 46 were injured in shootings across Chicago, the city’s interim police superintendent on Monday outlined both long-term and short-term plans for summer safety. NBC 5’s Evrod Cassimy has the latest on his plans and volunteers’ efforts to improve safety.

When former Mayor Lori Lightfoot was on the Chicago Police Board, she called the department’s Rule 14 the “you lie, you die” rule. But the inspector general’s office found that the regulation isn’t being consistently enforced, undermining the department’s integrity.

Family and friends came together for a candlelight vigil Saturday night to remember Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston and detest violence across the city.