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2 Investigators: Police Cameras Help Solve Crimes — When They Work
CBS 2′s Dave Savini investigates the cameras and videos monitored by Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications.
2 Investigators: Can 3D Printers Be Used To Make Untraceable Plastic Guns?
Imagine a gun that can’t be traced and can pass right through security without being detected. A Texas man announced last week that he’d made one using something called a 3D printer.
2 Investigators: CTA Keeps Crime Bulletins Under Wraps
The 2 Investigators reviewed hundreds of CTA security bulletins from the last 2 ½ years. CBS 2′s Dave Savini reports.
2 Investigators: Light Sculptures Cost Chicago Taxpayers Millions
Chicago is synonymous with classic architecture, and public art projects like the Picasso and the so-called “Bean” at Millennium Park. Now there’s a newly unveiled light sculpture project in the South Loop. We asked 2- investigator Pam Zekman to check out how much it cost. And who is paying for it?
2 Investigators: State Police Retirees Draw Six-Figure Pensions
Retire at 50 and collect more than $100,000 a year – that’s the plan for a special group of state workers. CBS 2′s Pam Zekman reports.
2 Investigators: Heroin Users Unwilling To Call For Help For Dying Friends
Friends are leaving friends to die. It is part of the devastating toll heroin is taking in our suburbs. CBS 2′s Dave Savini looks at heroin in our high schools and how a new law was created to save lives.
2 Investigators: Heroin Use, Deaths Up In Chicago’s Suburbs
When it comes to deaths, Lake, Will and DuPage counties reported big increases last year. As CBS 2’s Dave Savini reports, drug dealers could be operating right in your own neighborhood.
2 Investigators: Questions Surround Man’s Death On Airplane
A Chicago man onboard a spirit airlines flight from Las Vegas to Chicago this past Monday died and 2 investigator Pam Zekman has learned there are questions about emergency training for staff and medical equipment on board that plane.
VIDEO: Feds Swarm Metra Train After Detecting Nuclear Risk
Sources say the agents were carrying hand-held nuclear-detection devices that picked up a reading. CBS 2′s Dave Savini reports.
2 Investigators: Tollway Fines Family $27,000
A local family has been hit with huge fines by the Illinois Tollway. They say what the state agency is doing is worse than any loan shark or pay day loan scam. CBS 2′s Dave Savini looks at how one family was ordered to pay one extraordinary bill.
2 Investigators: Date Rape Drug Becoming Favorite For Recreational Use
Businessmen, college students and body builders are among the people taking this drug, not realizing how addictive and deadly it can be. CBS 2′s Dave Savini takes a look at the drug GHB, which has the street name — Liquid G.
BGA, 2 Investigators: Taverns Give Campaign Cash To Mayors Who Regulate Them
At least 50 mayors who double as liquor commissioners have taken campaign contributions totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the same bars they watch over. CBS 2′s Pam Zekman reports.
2 Investigators, BGA: Suburban Cops Form Motorcycle Club
On-duty, they are police officers who took an oath to enforce the law. Off-duty, they formed a motorcycle club that looks like it supports outlaw biker gangs.
2 Investigators: Teacher Runs Private Auto Shop Out Of Public School
Dave Savini and the 2 Investigators went undercover and found instructor Jose Valdez cashing in while using public school students as free labor.
Cop Accused Of Seducing Women Involved In Domestic Disputes
An Elmwood Park police sergeant has been accused of using his police powers to target women he could seduce, when he was supposed to be working. He also has been accused of targeting the men who are in those ladies’ lives.
2 Investigators: Tax Preparers May Be Ripping You Off
2 Investigator Pam Zekman tagged along with a city investigator to see how Chicagoans can get ripped off from tax preparers.
2 Investigators: Accused Cops Draw Desk-Duty Salaries, Sometimes For Years
Some Chicago police officers accused of misconduct have been stripped of their powers and placed on paid desk duty. CBS 2′s Pam Zekman reports.
2 Investigators: Was Father Of Three Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder?
Two families were speaking out Tuesday night, saying a serial killer was allowed to keep killing because of bad work done by police and prosecutors.
2 Investigators: Crackdown On Disabled-Parking Fraud Backfires
One Chicago officer isn’t applying handicapped-parking laws correctly when ticketing able-bodied drivers who are shuttling patients to the hospital. CBS 2′s Pam Zekman reports.
Alternative Energy Supplier Has Long Record Of Fraud Complaints
One of dozens of alternative energy suppliers now fiercely competing for your business is a company with a bad track record the CBS 2 Investigators have been reporting on for years.
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