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Illinois' "top DUI cop" led the state in DUI arrests from 2022–2024 and made more than 500 arrests during that period. A new investigation examines allegations that some arrests relied on fabricated evidence.
Read more in Block Club Chicago.
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Recommended reading: A new analysis found no evidence that removing ShotSpotter slowed police response times or increased violent crime.
Read more from WTTW News: news.wttw.com/2026/05/27/cpd…
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Invisible Institute reporter Yohance Lacour and former investigations editor Alison Flowers have joined a lawsuit alleging major tech companies used their voices without consent to train AI systems.
Read more via Capitol News Illinois: capitolnewsillinois.com/news…
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Check out this major legal update out of Chicago from @wttw. The family of Adam Toledo has refiled their wrongful death lawsuit against the city, this time moving the case to federal court.
May 28
The family of Adam Toledo, the 13-year-old who was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer after a brief foot chase in March 2021, is suing the city again, refiling the wrongful death lawsuit against Chicago and its police department in federal court. to.wttw.com/4vlBtrn
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A new essay by Jamie Kalven examines the delayed release of body camera footage in the 2025 shooting death of Officer Krystal Rivera and what it reveals about transparency in Chicago.
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Eighteen Chicago residents have filed legal claims following a 2025 immigration raid in South Shore. The claims cite reporting by Invisible Institute’s Maira Khwaja and South Side Weekly documenting the operation and its aftermath.
Read more here: invisible.institute/all-inve…
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May 21
Recently, several Invisible Institute investigations received national and regional journalism honors, including Policing The Vulnerable, Accusation Dismissed, and the Robert Johnson investigation.
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Apr 24
Nearly eight years after Chicago police killed Harith “Snoop” Augustus in South Shore, an appellate court has ordered a new trial in a case brought by Augustus’ family. The decision overturns the 2023 verdict that ruled in favor of the officers.
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Mar 31
The National Police Index is now live, bringing together police employment records from 24 states. It allows users to track how officers move between departments, helping surface patterns of misconduct across jurisdictions and strengthening public accountability.
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Mar 20
Originally published in 2002, On The Inside Looking Out documents the final days of Stateway Gardens before demolition.
From the seventeenth floor of 3517–19 South Federal—known as “The Kingdom”—residents could see across the city.
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Mar 20
Stateway Gardens sat at the center of Chicago, even as its residents were pushed to the margins.
Reflect with us on what was lost when these buildings came down.
Image by Patricia Evans (2002) — 3517–19 South Federal, Stateway Gardens Homes, Chicago, Illinois.
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Mar 19
The National Police Index (NPI) allows you to search officers across 24 states by name, agency, and more.
This tool supports greater transparency and public understanding of policing systems.
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Mar 19
It expands public access to information that helps track movement between departments and better understand patterns in hiring and accountability.
Explore the National Police Index: national.cpdp.co/
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This week, we officially launched a major update to the National Police Index — a tool built to help communities, journalists, attorneys, and researchers track officers as they move between agencies.
Visit the new NPI website here: national.cpdp.co
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The National Police Index’s brand new website provides unprecedented public access to police employment records from across the United States and allows users to track law enforcement employment records across 24 states — searchable by officer name, agency, and more.
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