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CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORTS

1900's
1902 1903 1904              
1960's NEW
1961 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969        
1970's NEW
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980's NEW
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990's
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000's
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010's NEW
2010                  

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CHICAGO POLICE NEWSLETTER

1960 - Volume 1
No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12
No. 13 No. 14                    
1961 - Volume 1-2
No. 15 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12
No. 13 No. 14 No. 15 No. 16 No. 17 No. 18 No. 19 No. 20 No. 21 No. 22 No. 23  
1962 - Volume 3
No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12
No. 13 No. 14 No. 15 No. 16 No. 17 No. 18 No. 19 No. 20 No. 21 No. 22 No. 23 No. 24
No. 25 No. 26                    
1963 - Volume 4
No. 1                      

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CHICAGO POLICE STAR MAGAZINE

1963 - Volume 4
No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12 No. 13
No. 14 No. 15 No. 16 No. 17 No. 18 No. 19 No. 20 No. 21 No. 22 No. 23 No. 24 No. 25
1964 - Volume 5
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1965 - Volume 6
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1966 - Volume 7
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1967 - Volume 8
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1968 - Volume 9
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1969 - Volume 10
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1970 - Volume 11
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1971 - Volume 12
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1972 - Volume 13
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY              
1973
    Not Published in 1973
1974 - Volume 13
SEP OCT NOV DEC                
1975 - Volume 14
JAN MAR APR MAY - JUN JUL - AUG SEP - OCT      
1976 - Volume 15
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG OCT NOV DEC    
1977 - Volume 16
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL - AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1978 - Volume 17
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT DEC  
1979 - Volume 18
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV - DEC
1980 - Volume 19
JAN FEB MAR - APR MAY - JUN JUL - AUG NOV - DEC  
1981 - Volume 20
JAN - FEB JUL - AUG SEP - OCT NOV - DEC    
1982 - Volume 21
JAN - FEB MAR - APR MAY - JUN JUL - AUG SEP - OCT NOV - DEC
1983 - Volume 22
MAR - APR MAY - JUN JUL - AUG NOV - DEC    
1984 - Volume 23
JAN - FEB MAY - JUN JUL - AUG SEP - OCT NOV - DEC  
1985 - Volume 24
JAN - FEB MAR - APR MAY - JUN JUL - AUG SEP - OCT NOV - DEC
1986 - Volume 25
JAN - FEB MAR - APR MAY - JUN JUL - AUG    
1987 - Volume 26
MAY - JUN SEP - OCT        
1988 - Volume 27
No. 1 No. 2 No. 3                  
1989 - Volume 28
No. 2 No. 3 No. 4                  
1990 - Volume 29
No. 1 No. 2                    
1999 - Volume 30
No. 1 No. 2 No. 3                  
2000 - Volume 31
No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4                
2001 - Volume 32
No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4                
2002 - Volume 33
No. 1 No. 2 No. 3                  
2003 - Volume 34
No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4                
2004 - Volume 35
    No. 1                      
2005 - Volume 36
No. 1                      

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DAILY / SPECIAL BULLETINS

2004 - Volume XLV
  NUMBER & SUBJECT FILE LINK DATE ISSUED
Ball No. 280 - History of Stars in the Chicago Police Department .PDF File Icon October 6, 2004
       
2010 - Volume LI
  NUMBER & SUBJECT FILE LINK DATE ISSUED
Ball No. 56 - Sergeant Alan J. Haymaker, Star #2532 NEW .PDF File Icon February 25, 2010
Ball No. 144 - Probationary Police Officer Thomas E. Wortham IV, Star #6181 NEW .PDF File Icon May 24, 2010
Ball No. 194 - Police Officer Thor O. Soderberg, Star #14767 NEW .PDF File Icon July 13, 2010
Ball No. 202 - Police Officer Michael R. Bailey, Star #13970 NEW .PDF File Icon July 21, 2010
Ball No. 333 - Evidence Technician Michael R. Flisk, Star #6962 NEW .PDF File Icon November 29, 2010
       
2011 - Volume LII
  NUMBER & SUBJECT FILE LINK DATE ISSUED
Ball No. 146 - Police Officer Paul W. Nauden, Star #10803 NEW .PDF File Icon May 25, 2011
       
2012 - Volume LIII
  NUMBER & SUBJECT FILE LINK DATE ISSUED
Ball No. 2 - Police Officer Clifton P. Lewis, Star #4103 NEW .PDF File Icon January 2, 2012

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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES NEW

  TITLE FILE LINK DATE
Ball 'Big Jim': Chicago's No. 1 Cop - Chicago Daily News .PDF File Icon August 2, 1967
Ball Can Wilson's Reforms Beat the 'System' - Chicago Sun-Times .PDF File Icon January 29, 1961
Ball Conlisk, a Cop's Cop, Becomes the Boss - The American .PDF File Icon August 1, 1967
Ball Conlisk Heads New Captains' Elgible List, 6 Captains 2 Lieutenants to End Police Careers, Assigne Park Police to Top Posts in City - Chicago Daily Tribune .PDF File Icon December 30, 1958
Ball Conlisk Sworn in as Head of City Police - Chicago Tribune .PDF File Icon August 2, 1967
Ball Friends Honor Conlisk (Retirement Luncheon) - Back of the Yards Journal .PDF File Icon October 8, 1980
Ball James B. Conlisk Jr. Appointed Chief of Traffic .PDF File Icon June 7, 1967
Ball James B. Conlisk Jr. Appointed Deputy Chief of Traffic .PDF File Icon  
Ball James B. Conlisk Jr. is Fired .PDF File Icon  
Ball James B. Conlisk Sr. Obituaries .PDF File Icon  
Ball Mrs. Conlisk Tells Trials of Being 'Police Wife' .PDF File Icon  
Ball New Chief Vows Vengeance - The New York Times .PDF File Icon April 17, 1897
Ball Police March in Loop to St. Jude's Mass - Chicago Tribune .PDF File Icon May 13, 1968
Ball Oath of Office Superintendent James B. Conlisk - Chicago Tribune .PDF File Icon August 2, 1967
Ball Stolen Auto Unit Gets New Chief, How Three Topped Police Exam List, Park District Police Get New Stars - Chicago Daily News .PDF File Icon December 30, 1958
Ball Traffic Chief Can Tell You Off in French - Chicago Tribune .PDF File Icon June 12, 1960
Ball Wilson Picks Police District Heads - Chicago Tribune .PDF File Icon December 17, 1961
Ball 7th Anniversary, Happy Days, O.W.! .PDF File Icon  
Ball 114 Listed For Captain Eligibility - Chicago Daily News .PDF File Icon December 29, 1958
Ball 120 Posted In New Elgibility List For Police Captains - Chicago Sun-Times .PDF File Icon December 30, 1958

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PAX 501 NEW

1989 - Volume 89
  NUMBER & SUBJECT FILE LINK DATE ISSUED
Ball Do I have to Work a 10-99 Unit? .PDF File Icon November 28, 1989
2008 - Volume 8
  NUMBER & SUBJECT FILE LINK DATE ISSUED
Ball No. 1 - Superintendent Weis Introduction Letter .PDF File Icon February 29, 2008
Ball No. 2 - St. Patrick's Day Parades .PDF File Icon March 7, 2008
Ball No. 3 - Core Values Mission Statement .PDF File Icon March 13, 2008
Ball No. 4 - February Crime Statistics .PDF File Icon March 22, 2008
Ball No. 5 - St. Jude Memorial March .PDF File Icon April 30, 2008
Ball No. 6 - Meritorious Sergeants .PDF File Icon May 21, 2008
Ball No. 7 - Job Well Done! .PDF File Icon June 17, 2008
Ball No. 8 - New Recruit Training Distrcts Announced .PDF File Icon September 3, 2008
Ball No. 9 - Automatic Vehicle Location System .PDF File Icon September 4, 2008
Ball No. 10 - Gold Star Families Memorial and Park Candlelight Vigil .PDF File Icon September 15, 2008
Ball No. 11 - Chicago Police Department E-Mail .PDF File Icon September 26, 2008
Ball No. 12 - Election Night .PDF File Icon November 7, 2008
Ball No. 13 - Department Reorganization of Command Staff .PDF File Icon November 26, 2008
       
2009 - Volume 9
  NUMBER & SUBJECT FILE LINK DATE ISSUED
Ball No. 1 - Letter of Thanks from Superintendent Weis .PDF File Icon January 7, 2008
Ball No. 2 - 2009 Hiring Plan .PDF File Icon January 16, 2009
Ball No. 3 - Force Analysis Panel .PDF File Icon February 6, 2009
Ball No. 4 - Release of Complaint Register Records .PDF File Icon March 8, 2009
Ball No. 5 - Department Morale .PDF File Icon March 28, 2009
Ball No. 6 - Traffic Related Deaths - DUI .PDF File Icon April 17, 2009
Ball No. 7 - Influenza (H1N1) Swine Flu .PDF File Icon May 2, 2009
Ball No. 8 - 2009 Layoffs .PDF File Icon June 19, 2009
Ball No. 9 - Introduction of Blog 501 Website .PDF File Icon June 24, 2009
Ball No. 10 - Launch of the Performance Evaluation System (PES) .PDF File Icon July 9, 2009
Ball No. 11 - Retiree Health Care Benefit .PDF File Icon July 23, 2009
Ball No. 12 - Civil Litigation .PDF File Icon August 28, 2009
Ball No. 13 - Gold Star Families Memorial and Park Candlelight Vigil .PDF File Icon September 2, 2009
Ball No. 14 - Vehicle Reallocation .PDF File Icon September 26, 2009
Ball No. 15 - Alternate Work Schedule .PDF File Icon November 16, 2009
Ball No. 16 - PAX 501: Employee Assistance Program / Holiday Message .PDF File Icon December 23, 2009
Ball No. 17 - 2009: Thank You for a Job Well Done .PDF File Icon December 29, 2009
       
2010 - Volume 10
  NUMBER & SUBJECT FILE LINK DATE ISSUED
Ball No. 1 - Task Force Assignments .PDF File Icon January 22, 2010
Ball No. 2 - Tasers Expanded to All 281 Chicago Police Beats .PDF File Icon March 10, 2010
Ball No. 3 - Officer's Legal Handbook .PDF File Icon March 18, 2010
Ball No. 4 - St. Jude Memorial March .PDF File Icon April 24, 2010
Ball No. 5 - Summer 2010 .PDF File Icon June 18, 2010
Ball No. 6 - Message from the Superintendent: Death of P.O. Michael Bailey #13970 .PDF File Icon July 19, 2010
Ball No. 7 - Message from the Superintendent: 175th Anniversary of the CPD .PDF File Icon August 18, 2010
Ball No. 8 - Candlelight Vigil .PDF File Icon September 9, 2010
Ball No. 9 - Career Development Initiative .PDF File Icon September 9, 2010
Ball No. 10 - Message from the Superintendent: Statements in the Media .PDF File Icon September 13, 2010
Ball No. 11 - City of Chicago Health Care Plan .PDF File Icon September 17, 2010
Ball No. 12 - The Centennial Anniversary of the Superintendent’s Honored Star Case .PDF File Icon October 14, 2010
Ball No. 13 - Thanksgiving Message .PDF File Icon November 18, 2010
Ball No. 14 - Message from the Family of P.O. Michael Flisk .PDF File Icon December 21, 2010
Ball No. 15 - Introduction of the Department Directives System (DDS) .PDF File Icon December 21, 2010
Ball No. 16 - Holiday Message .PDF File Icon December 24, 2010
       
2011 - Volume 11
  NUMBER & SUBJECT FILE LINK DATE ISSUED
Ball No. 1 - Farewell Letter from Superintendent Weis .PDF File Icon March 1, 2011
Ball No. 2 - Introduction Letter from Interim Superintendent Hillard .PDF File Icon March 11, 2011
Ball No. 3 - Message from the Superintendent: Thank You Message .PDF File Icon April 14, 2011
Ball No. 4 - St. Jude Memorial March .PDF File Icon April 22, 2011
Ball No. 5 - Introduction Letter from Acting Superintendent McCarthy .PDF File Icon May 20, 2011
Ball No. 6 - Changes to Department Organization .PDF File Icon August 8, 2011
Ball No. 7 - 2011 Candlelight Vigil .PDF File Icon September 6, 2011
Ball No. 8 - Thanks for Reducing Crime .PDF File Icon September 14, 2011
Ball No. 9 - IACP Conference .PDF File Icon October 5, 2011
Ball No. 10 - Restructuring Department Operations .PDF File Icon October 14, 2011
Ball No. 11 - Allegations of Department Corruption .PDF File Icon November 21, 2011
       
2012 - Volume 12
  NUMBER & SUBJECT FILE LINK DATE ISSUED
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PUBLICATIONS

  TITLE FILE LINK AUTHOR / DATE
Ball A Haphazard History of the Chicago Police Department .PDF File Icon Chicago Police Dept.
Ball Chicago Patrolman's Association Magazine - Volume 7, No. 1 .PDF File Icon March 1960
Ball Chicago Patrolman's Association Magazine - Volume 7, No. 3 .PDF File Icon October 1960
Ball Chicago Police Department Facts & Historical Data - 1956 .PDF File Icon Chicago Police Dept.
Ball Chicago Police Department Rules and Regulations - 1959 .PDF File Icon Chicago Police Dept.
Ball Chicago Police Digest .PDF File Icon December 1959
Ball History of the Chicago Police - From the Settlement of the Community to the Present Time .PDF File Icon FLINN, John J.
Ball Illinois Police Association Journal - Volume 15, No. 4 .PDF File Icon July - August 1962
Ball Illinois Police Association Journal - Volume 20, No. 4 .PDF File Icon July - August 1967
Ball Illinois Police Association Journal - Volume 21, No. 6 .PDF File Icon December 1968
Ball Talmanac - What It's Like To Be A Policeman .PDF File Icon Talman Federal Savings

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MISCELLANEOUS

  DESCRIPTION FILE LINK DATE
Ball AMFN - 102328: Merit Nomination for Sergeant NEW .PDF File Icon 12 July 2010
Ball Arrest Report - Disorderly Conduct .PDF File Icon 16 September 1976
Ball Case Report - Burglary .PDF File Icon 25 December 1962
Ball Case Report - Theft .PDF File Icon 25 December 1962
Ball Correspondence - Early Retirement Letter .PDF File Icon 4 April 1977
Ball Correspondence - Luncheon for Appointment of Superintendent James Conlisk .PDF File Icon 8-11 August 1967
Ball Correspondence - Mayors Selection Committee for Commisioner Western Union Telegram .PDF File Icon 14 February 1960
Ball Correspondence - Shoot to Kill Order Western Union Telegram .PDF File Icon 18 April 1968
Ball Correspondence - Superintendent Wilson to Deputy Supertintendent James B. Conlisk .PDF File Icon 19 December 1963
Ball Correspondence - Use of Three Wheel Motorcycles & Hiring of Italians .PDF File Icon 26 May 1923
Ball CPD Command Structure .PDF File Icon c1950's
Ball CPD Headquarters Tour Card .PDF File Icon c1960's
Ball CPD Tourist Pamphlet .PDF File Icon 1976
Ball Department Form - Request for Secondary Employment .PDF File Icon 28 February 1962
Ball Department Special Order - United States Post Office Employees .PDF File Icon 4 March 1971
Ball General Order No. 20636 - Application for Superintendent .PDF File Icon May 1967
Ball Guest List - James V. Conlisk Luncheon .PDF File Icon 1 August 1967
Ball PAX 501 - 1955 / 1966 Salaries .PDF File Icon 19 January 1967
Ball PAX 501 - The Centennial Anniversary of the Superintendent’s Honored Star Case .PDF File Icon 14 October 2010
Ball PAX 501 - Message from the Superintendent .PDF File Icon 18 August 2010
Ball Personnel Order # 63-102 - Assignment to Identification Section .PDF File Icon 8 February 1963
Ball Statistical Report - Supplement to 1965 Annual Report NEW .PDF File Icon 2 April 1966
Ball Statistical Report - Supplement to 1966 Annual Report NEW .PDF File Icon 16 June 1967
Ball Ten Card - BICHSEL, Leo .PDF File Icon 17 December 1947
Ball Ten Card - MINOR, Werner .PDF File Icon 29 June 1927
Ball Uniform & Equipment Specification - 1907 Series Hat Shield .PDF File Icon March 1985
Ball Uniform & Equipment Specification - 1955 Series Star .PDF File Icon March 1985
Ball Uniform & Equipment Specification - Patrol Specialist Insignia .PDF File Icon March 1985
Ball Uniform & Equipment Specification - Policewomen Cap Shield Insignia .PDF File Icon March 1985
Ball 48th Chicago Police Department Annual Recognition Ceremony NEW .PDF File Icon May 2010