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Review finds little evidence that suburban police departments second-guess their officers who fire weapons under questionable circumstances.

In an industry that by its very nature is one slip-up away from catastrophe, the BGA finds a blurred line between the regulator and the regulated.

Most police department policies advise against shooting at moving cars or while other officers are in range, but such guidelines matter little to police in dangerous confrontations.

Unsafe elevators, shoddy record keeping and failed oversight at the CHA result in tenants, mostly elderly, living in fear of their own buildings, Part One of a BGA/WBEZ investigation finds.

Cash-strapped suburbs with cops patrolling some of Cook County’s most dangerous streets struggle to retain officers but they also promote others with checkered pasts.

A citywide program to keep elevators safe is broken when it comes to public housing for the city’s poor, Part Two of a BGA/WBEZ investigation reveals.

Scroll over an interactive map to find all 113 police shootings and click for summaries and public records in the BGA/WBEZ database.

The Chicago Housing Authority paid millions of dollars to private contractors on building upgrades without addressing an aging fleet of elevators, Part Three of a BGA/WBEZ investigation finds.

Problems persist a decade after discovery of chronic radioactive leaks at Exelon plants.

Hear from CHA tenants who say a functioning elevator is more than a luxury.