Associated Press FOX LAKE, Ill. — Bank accounts belonging to the widow of a northern Illinois police officer who authorities say killed himself after embezzling from a youth program will remain frozen until Feb. 2. The (Waukegan) News Sun reports that attorneys for Melodie Gliniewicz on Tuesday agreed to let prosecutors extend the freeze on […]
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Reparations paid in Chicago police torture case
Associated Press CHICAGO — The city of Chicago has paid $5.5 million in reparations to 57 people whose claims that they were tortured by police decades ago were found to be credible. The money was paid Monday to victims of a police unit commanded by disgraced former police commander Jon Burge from the 1970s through […]
Video: CNN journalist undergoes 'shoot, don’t shoot' police training
By PoliceOne Staff NEW YORK — Television anchor Carol Costello participated in training that simulated the split-second decisions police officers face every day on the beat, CNN reported. Costello was sent to a training facility in upstate New York that included a gun range and fake ‘town’ where police officers are outfitted with equipment and […]