{"id":489807,"date":"2026-01-03T16:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/489807\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T16:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:30:12","slug":"chicago-police-department-deputy-william-betancourt-dies-following-medical-emergency-cpd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/489807\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Police Department Deputy William Betancourt dies following medical emergency, CPD says"},"content":{"rendered":"

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team \"WLS<\/p>\n

Saturday, January 3, 2026 2:39PM<\/p>\n

\"CPD<\/p>\n

CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago Police Deputy Chief William Betancourt died following a medical emergency on Saturday, CPD said.<\/p>\n

Betancourt was off duty at the time.<\/p>\n

ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n

Video captured a large procession of CPD vehicles as they drove to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

CPD issued a statement, saying, in part, “Deputy Chief Betancourt embodied what it meant to be a public servant and a great leader throughout his career at the Chicago Police Department. He will be deeply missed by his brothers and sisters at the Chicago Police Department. We ask the residents of Chicago to keep the Betancourt family in their prayers during this difficult time.”<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Saturday, January 3, 2026 2:39PM CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago Police Deputy Chief William Betancourt…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":489808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[220914,960,5462,5464,7122,5386,1818,46317,7981,220913],"class_list":{"0":"post-489807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-220914","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-news","11":"tag-chicago-police","12":"tag-chicago-police-department","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-illinois","15":"tag-medical-emergency","16":"tag-police-officer","17":"tag-william-betancourt"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115832122571448240","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}