Shootings and slayings continue to plague Chicago, even after Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said they would restructure the city's long-standing CAPS program to ...

Chicago police officers are once again allowed to wear knit caps as part of their uniform. The reinstatement of the wintry weather attire comes months after the Police Department issued a new ...

Chicago police officers will be required ... It also does away with knit caps and baseball-style caps as uniform items. The department said in a statement that the changes were made “to promote ...

The Chicago Police Department is also unveiling a more user ... says these steps are the next phase in breathing new life into CAPS, which, since the 1990s, was plagued with budget cuts and ...

at the Central District police station in Chicago. Tina Skahill, the police department’s reform chief, informed CAPS leaders Tuesday that some officers were being moved, sources said.

The cold weather means Chicago police officers can wear knit caps as part of their uniform. Last June, a new policy banned police from wearing knit and baseball caps while on duty. The department ...