A deeper look at his career sheds light on Chicago’s troubled history of police accountability.

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This Cop Got Out of 44 Tickets by Saying Over and Over That His Girlfriend Stole His Car <[link removed]> Chicago police officer Jeffrey Kriv used the same alibi to contest dozens of traffic tickets over the years. A deeper look at his career sheds light on Chicago’s troubled history of police accountability. by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune

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