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Traffic Stop

6 suspects arrested after police pursuit on I-88, I-294: ISP

  • Apr 9

Police shoot, kill dog following traffic stop in Los Angeles

  • Apr 6

5th cop stripped of powers during deposition over traffic stop, search

  • Feb 25

CPD tactical team officers stripped of police powers as lawsuits mount

  • Feb 19

Fleeing driver crashes stolen car; gang member 1 of 2 in custody

  • Feb 16

Family sues Joliet police after 12-year-old girl patted down | Video

  • Jan 23

Man charged after shooting at deputy: Will County sheriff

  • Oct 29, 2025

Man pleads guilty to dragging, trying to kill CPD: court docs

  • Oct 29, 2025

Latest Videos

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A one-handed woman's awkward traffic stop is going viral!

  • May 28
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Mag Mile Shakedown

  • May 21, 2025
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West suburban crime spree injures 2 officers, suspect still at large

  • Sep 5, 2024
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New policy would overhaul long-criticized CPD traffic stop and search tactic

  • May 16, 2024
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Chicago's persistent problem of Black and white traffic stops

  • Feb 22, 2024
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Traffic study finds CPD 6 times more likely to stop Black drivers

  • Nov 14, 2023
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Patrick Lyoya shooting: Judge denies motion to drop charges against former MI officer

  • Feb 3, 2023
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New details after criminology student charged in killings of 4 Idaho college students appears in co

  • Jan 4, 2023

Latest Stories

Waymo driverless car pulled over in northern California for making illegal U-turn

Think autonomous cars are programmed to follow traffic laws? Think again.

  • Oct 1, 2025

CPD officers on controversial tactical team reassigned after 'problematic' traffic stops, searches

Three officers assigned to a controversial tactical team accused of unlawfully stopping and searching drivers on Michigan Avenue have had their police powers stripped, a CPD spokesperson confirmed to the ABC7 I-Team.

  • Sep 19, 2025

CPD leaders were warned of 'problematic patterns' with tactical team's traffic stops turned searches

Dozens of drivers have filed formal complaints with the city over traffic stops for minor violations turned into full searches by officers on a specific Chicago police tactical unit.

  • Aug 20, 2025

Chicago police officers face new lawsuit over stop-and-search in the Gold Coast

For years, the ABC7 I-Team has been reporting on a controversial CPD tactic that critics call "pretextual traffic stops," or stops for minor traffic violations turning into drivers handcuffed and vehicles searched, moments after pulling them over.

  • Aug 18, 2025

ACLU seeks to expand lawsuit challenging CPD's use of traffic stops to search vehicles

Filed in 2023, the ACLU's lawsuit alleges CPD's use of minor traffic violation stops to search vehicles is by design, focused on drivers of color in South and West side neighborhoods.

  • Aug 13, 2025