What is Chicago Police Department?
{{no sources|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox law enforcement agency | agencyname = Chicago Police Department | nativename = | nativenamea = | nativenamer = | commonname = Chicago P.D. | abbreviation = CPD | flag = Municipal Flag of Chicago.svg|180px | flagcaption = Flag of the City of Chicago and of the Chicago Police Department | motto = ''We See and Protect'' | mottotranslated = | mission = | formed = 1855 | preceding1 = | preceding2 = | dissolved = | superseding = | employees = | volunteers = | budget = | nongovernment = | country = United States | national = | federal = | international = | divtype = State | divname = Illinois | divdab = | subdivtype = City | subdivname = Chicago | sworntype = Sworn Uniformed Police Personnel | sworn = 13,700 | sworn2 = | unsworntype = Civilian Member | unsworn = 2,700 | chief1name = J.P. Weis | chief1position = Superintendent of Police | parentagency = | child1agency = | unittype = | unitname = | officetype = Bureau | officename = {{collapsible list |title=5 |Bureau of Administrative Services|Bureau of Investigative Services|Bureau of Patrol|Bureau of Professional Standards|Bureau of Strategic Deployment}} | provideragency = | uniformedas = | stationtype = District | stations = 25 | website = [http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?entityName=Police&entityNameEnumValue=33 Official site] | footnotes = }} The '''Chicago Police Department''', also known as the '''CPD''', is the main [[Police|law enforcement]] [[Law enforcement agency|agency]] of the [[City of Chicago]], [[Illinois]], in the [[United States]], under the jurisdiction of the [[Mayor of Chicago|city mayor]]. It is the largest police department in the [[Midwest]] and the second largest in the [[U