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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

A Chicago Police Department officer stands outside the DePaul Student Center during the pro-Palestinian protest on Oct. 7, 2024. The protest began as a walkout in St. Vincent's Circle but relocated to public walkways after protestors were met with threat of arrest and trespassing charges.

SGA challenges DePaul administration’s response to Oct. 7 walk out

Sadie Springer, SGA Beat Writer October 12, 2024

On Monday, Oct. 7, Students for Justice in Palestine led a student walk out to honor those who have died in Gaza. The DePaul University Public Safety Department and Chicago Police Department responded...

Pro-Palestinian protestors hold a banner saying 'End the genocide" while marching down Sheffield Avenue May 16, 2024. The rally came after CPD and DePaul Public Safety cleared the student encampment earlier that day.

BREAKING: Divestment Coalition holds press conference, rally

Rose O'Keeffe, Asst. News Editor May 16, 2024

About 300 demonstrators gathered at the east entrance of DePaul’s Student Center in Lincoln Park at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, more than 12 hours after the Chicago Police Department and DePaul Public Safety...

CPD separates counter-protestors from DePaul's Quad, on May 5, 2024. A counter-protest began around 10:30, and concluded around 1:50.

Tensions flare, CPD present during counter-protest of DePaul’s encampment

Rose O'Keeffe and Lilly Keller May 5, 2024

Members of DePaul’s encampment locked arms and guarded the site's perimeter the morning of May 5 as counter-protesters amassed outside the Quad on Fullerton Avenue. The Chicago Police Department was...

Demetrius Franklin stands in front of his Chicago public school Feb. 22, 2024.

Mayor Johnson backs decision to remove police from Chicago Public Schools

Xadarri Nevels, Contributing Writer February 25, 2024

Chicago Public Schools could see police officers removed from high school campuses as soon as next fall. Last month, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced his support for the Chicago Board of Education's decision...

A police officer in Millennium Park speaks with park visitors. The Chicago Police Department (CPD) has already transitioned six of their nine radio zones to being digitally encrypted.

“The public [has] a right to know”: CPD transparency in question with switch to encrypted radio

Samantha Moilanen, Former Online Managing Editor October 2, 2022

Chicago reporters will no longer be relying on live police scanners to chase crime stories, but rather, a delayed broadcast that will be available to the public by the end of the year.  The scanner...

Chicago Police officers cross the street in downtown Chicago, Wednesday, April 22, 2020.

Lightfoot, CPD reject community suggestions regarding policing

Sonal Soni, Staff Writer October 25, 2020

On Oct. 15, the Use of Force Community Working Group published an open letter to Mayor Lori Lightfoot demanding that she enforce their demands regarding “Recommendations to reduce the ongoing CPD violence...

CPD fuera de CPS: ¿Qué significa el movimiento de desfinanciar a la policía?

Stephania Rodriguez October 12, 2020

Este verano, tras la muerte de George Floyd en Minneapolis, hemos visto a miles de personas en Chicago marchar en reacción  a los asesinatos de la comunidad afroamericana a manos de la policía y en...

Chicago Police officers cross the street in downtown Chicago, Wednesday, April 22, 2020.

Petition calls for DePaul to cut ties with Chicago Police Department

Ryan Gilroy, Copy Editor June 10, 2020

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include a response from Interim Provost Salma Ghanem. An online petition created by students and faculty at DePaul is calling for the university to end...

Under Lightfoot's discretion, there has been a higher presence of CPD in CTA stations.

Chicago police plan more holiday, summer weekend patrols

Associated Press May 23, 2020

Chicago Police are increasing patrols and other agencies will help staff a new operations center beginning this weekend as the Memorial Day holiday marks a traditional summer kickoff. Police often reports...

Chicago Police officers cross the street in downtown Chicago, Wednesday, April 22, 2020.

Chicago City Council signs off on new police superintendent

Associated Press April 23, 2020

The Chicago City Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve the appointment of former Dallas Police Chief David Brown as the city's new police superintendent. Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced...

Police: 9 homicides in Chicago's deadliest weekend of year

Police: 9 homicides in Chicago’s deadliest weekend of year

Associated Press February 10, 2020

Chicago recorded nine homicides between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Sunday, a weekend police said was the deadliest of the year for a city that has seen the number of fatal shootings surge this year after...

Chicago mayor fires city’s top cop over ‘ethical lapses’

Chicago mayor fires city’s top cop over ‘ethical lapses’

Sophia Tareen December 2, 2019

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired the city’s retiring police superintendent Monday, citing “ethical lapses” that included telling lies about a recent incident in which Eddie Johnson was found asleep...

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