An honor guard marches at the start of a Chicago Police Department graduation and promotion ceremony at Navy Pier on Oct. 20, 2021, in Chicago. New officers raise their right hands to take the ...

The Chicago Police Department’s attrition rate more than doubled from 4% in 2020 to 8.5% in 2021, according to Brown.

From the start of 2023 through the end of 2024, the city received more than 52,000 job applications from people seeking to join the ranks of the Chicago Police Department — an average of 500 ...