Chicago Police Department

Chicago Police Chief David Brown, who leads 13,500 police officers in the city with the largest BG diaspora on the planet, awarded the member of the Bulgarian-American Police Association (BAPA) Officer Georgi Mavrov with the prestigious award and a medal for saving lives.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened late Jan. 24 to send in the "feds" if America's third-largest city of Chicago failed to bring its rampant crime rate under control.

The Republican, who made law and order a key issue in his White House campaign, cited the city's latest shooting and homicide statistics as reported by the Chicago Tribune.

Four suspects facing hate crime charges made their first appearance in a Chicago court this afternoon after they allegedly kidnapped and tortured a man, whom a police official characterized as having “mental health challenges,” while streaming it live on Facebook.