The Chicago Police Education and Training Academy recently hosted a Chicago Police & Fire Training Academy information session for Class of 2021 high school students and parents. We spoke with current CPFTA cadets and instructors about what they enjoyed most from the two-year, after-school program. Learn more about the CPFTA and submit an application by visiting www.cpfta.com. #CPDMediaCar | Chicago Police Department

My Mother Crashed My Police Academy Graduation Trying To Have Officers Drag Me Out In Front Of Everyone — She Never Expected What Happened Next The moment I heard a woman shout, “Officers, stop that woman, she’s been harassing me for months,” I was still onstage, my new badge warm in my hand, the applause fading around me. Two hundred people in that Chicago convention center turned toward the back row. I didn’t need to see her face to know who it was. Of course it was my mother. My name is Olivi

Chicago Police Department Pipes and Drums opening the Basic Correctional Academy Graduation with amazing bagpipes and drums!! Our very own DuPage County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard presentation of the colors!! | DuPage County Sheriff's Office

ICE agents arrested a police officer Thursday morning in the Chicago suburb of Hanover Park, accusing him of being an unlawful immigrant from Montenegro. The Department of Homeland Security says the officer, Radule Bojovic, overstayed a tourist visa that expired in 2015. According to the department, Bojovic was “encountered during a targeted enforcement action” in ICE’s immigration-focused operation in Illinois.The Hanover Park Police Department shared a Facebook post in August announcing Bojovi