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Chicago’s Failure to Investigate and Discipline Police for Sexual Misconduct

Slow investigations and a lax disciplinary system allow Chicago police officers to escape punishment for sexual misconduct.

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Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues

by María Inés Zamudio, Invisible Institute

June 10, 2025, 6:05 pm EDT

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Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.

by María Inés Zamudio and Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Invisible Institute

May 22, 2025, 5:00 am EDT