Last year, Evanston Police Department faced an unusually high number of resignations and multiple chief turnovers. For police personnel and city leaders, these changes renewed discussions about EPD’s...

Interim Police Chief Aretha Barnes will retire from the Evanston Police Department, effective Jan. 3, 2022, the city announced Saturday. Barnes was appointed in June by former City Manager Erika Storlie...

Deputy Chief Aretha Barnes was appointed interim chief of Evanston Police Department, the city announced in a Friday news release. Barnes has served EPD for 24 years. Before her service, she was an...

City officials announced to residents at a 5th Ward meeting Thursday that officers executed a search warrant on a residence in connection with a murder case as the suspect still remains at large. About...

Aldermen and community members discussed on Tuesday the need for a solution to the perception among Evanston residents, particularly people of color, that city police act aggressively. In effect, Ald....