In the terminology of law,an assault is the act of causing physical harm or unwanted physical contact to another person,or,in some legal definitions,the threat or attempt to do so. It is both a crime and a tort and,therefore,may result in criminal prosecution,civil liability,or both. Additionally,assault is a criminal act in which a person intentionally causes fear of physical harm or offensive contact to another person. Assault can be committed with or without a weapon and can range from physical violence to threats of violence. Assault is frequently referred to as an attempt to commit battery,which is the deliberate use of physical force against another person. The deliberate inflicting of fear,apprehension,or terror is another definition of assault that can be found in several legal systems. Depending on the severity of the offense,assault may result in a fine,imprisonment,or even death.
Richard Michael Daley is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Chicago,Illinois,from 1989 to 2011. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh term. At 22 years,his was the longest tenure in Chicago mayoral history,surpassing the 21-year mayoralty of his father,Richard J. Daley.
Jane Margaret Byrne was an American politician who served as the 50th mayor of Chicago from April 16,1979,until April 29,1983. Prior to her tenure as mayor,Byrne served as Chicago's commissioner of consumer sales from 1969 until 1977,the only female in the mayoral cabinet.
Roderick Raynor Paige served as the 7th United States Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2005. Paige,who grew up in Mississippi,moved from college football coach and classroom teacher to college dean and school superintendent to be the first African American to serve as the U.S. education chief.
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the primary law enforcement agency of the city of Chicago,Illinois,United States,under the jurisdiction of the Chicago City Council. It is the second-largest municipal police department in the United States,behind the New York City Police Department. As of 2022 CPD had 11,710 sworn officers on duty,and in 2020 had over 948 other employees. Tracing its roots to 1835,the Chicago Police Department is one of the oldest modern police departments in the world.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is the national police force of Zimbabwe,having succeeded the British South Africa Police on 1 August 1980.
Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) is a community driven policing strategy designed for the Chicago Police Department that aims to bridge the gap between the police force and the citizens of Chicago. CAPS started in 1993 as a pilot program in five of the 25 police districts in Chicago - Englewood,Marquette,Austin,Morgan Park,and Rogers Park - after a realization that the community and police were becoming increasingly isolated from one another throughout Chicago since the early 1960s. The original five districts,characterized by high crime rates and cases of extreme poverty,provided the Chicago Police Department with an initial benchmark from which to determine the program's strengths and weaknesses. By 1995,the Chicago Police Department implemented CAPS across all Chicago neighborhoods with the goal of blending traditional policing strategies with alternative strategies aimed at encouraging community members and police to work together in order to prevent and control crime. The program's motto,"Together We Can," emphasizes the need for increased lines of communication between the community and the police,so that together they could come up with solutions for chronic neighborhood problems.
The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has primary responsibility for law enforcement in New Orleans,Louisiana,United States. The department's jurisdiction covers all of Orleans Parish,while the city itself is divided into eight police districts.
Aboriginal Affairs NSW (AANSW) is an agency of the Premier's Department in the Government of New South Wales. Aboriginal Affairs NSW is responsible for administering legislation in relation to the NSW Government policies that support Indigenous Australians in New South Wales,and for advising the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty,David Harris.
Crime in Chicago has been tracked by the Chicago Police Department's Bureau of Records since the beginning of the 20th century.
Jon Graham Burge was an American police detective and commander in the Chicago Police Department. He was found guilty of lying about "directly participat[ing] in or implicitly approv[ing] the torture" of at least 118 people in police custody in order to force false confessions.
The Uttar Pradesh Police,is the primary law enforcement agency within the Uttar Pradesh state of India. Established in 1863 as the Office of the Inspector General of Police,United Provinces under the Police Act,1861.
The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is an independent statutory body in Ireland charged with overseeing the Garda Síochána,the national police force. It is a three-member body established under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to deal with complaints from members of the public about the conduct of Gardaí.
Garry Francis McCarthy is the Chief of Police in Willow Springs,Illinois and previous Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. He was a candidate for mayor of Chicago in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election.
G. Flint Taylor is an American human rights and civil rights attorney based in Chicago,Illinois,who has litigated many high-profile police brutality,government misconduct and death penalty cases. Taylor has pursued public interest law to take on allegations of corrupt police tactics and wrongful convictions in the city of Chicago and elsewhere. Taylor was part of a team of negotiators in the 2015 landmark decision by the City of Chicago to award reparations to the survivors of police torture,becoming the first municipal government to do so.
The murder of Laquan McDonald took place on October 20,2014,in Chicago,Illinois. McDonald was a 17-year-old who was fatally shot by a Chicago Police Officer,Jason Van Dyke. Police had initially reported that McDonald was behaving erratically while walking down the street,refusing to put down a knife,and that he had lunged at officers. Preliminary internal police reports described the incident similarly,leading to the shooting being judged as justifiable,and Van Dyke not being charged at the time. This was later disproved after a video of the encounter was released,showing that McDonald was walking away.
Kimberly M. Foxx is an American politician,who is currently the State's Attorney for Cook County,Illinois. She manages the second largest prosecutor's office in the United States,consisting of approximately 700 attorneys and 1,100 employees. In 2016,she won the Democratic nomination for State's Attorney against incumbent Anita Alvarez and went on to win the general election. She was re-elected in 2020. In 2023,she announced that she would not run for re-election in 2024.
Ricahard J. Brzeczek is a former law enforcement official who served as superintendent of the Chicago Police Department from 1980 through 1983.
Five government agencies in the city of Chicago are charged with oversight of the Chicago Police Department. These agencies have overlapping authority and their membership is determined through a mix of appointments by the Mayor of Chicago,confirmations by the Chicago City Council,and elections. The agencies were created and reformed over several years as a result of ongoing efforts for civilian oversight of law enforcement and in response to numerous controversies in the police department.
