Tens of thousands of Chicago police misconduct files could be purged due to lawsuits filed by police unions.

Madigan’s letter to the Justice Department came on the same day Chicago’s police superintendent, Garry McCarthy, resigned at the request of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

The Chicago Police Department is refusing to disclose information regarding its use of covert cellphone-tracking devices, which can intercept the personal information of innocent bystanders.

Chicago residents are stopped four times as often as New York City residents were at the height of that city’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy.

Lawmakers must ensure law-enforcement officers aren’t trampling the civil rights of Chicagoans.

Chicago needs police transparency now more than ever.