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Witnesses at federal court hearings worried that including traffic stops in a consent decree originally issued in 2019 to reform the Chicago Police Department would actually slow attempts to curb the controversial practice.

After missing an April 7 deadline, sources say Johnson has picked seven people for the CCPSA—without interviewing them.

April 9, 2024 Getting It Right: Civilian Oversight & Accountability of the Chicago Police Department – Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten (COPA) and President Anthony Driver (CCPSA) City Club event description: Join Andrea Kersten, Chief Administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) and Anthony Driver, President of the Community Commission for Public Safety and […]

Julia Kline, a member of the 2nd Police District Council, called a Black staffer a “monkey” in an email.

Ralph Clark, CEO of ShotSpotter’s parent company, defended the controversial gunshot detection technology, saying the company guarantees at least 90% efficacy.

The Chicago Police Department will soon bolster its public database of misconduct investigation files to make the records more searchable.

An arbitrator’s ruling would allow officers facing firing or suspension of more than a year to go around the Police Board.

Expanding existing leased space near City Hall is crucial for the reborn Department of Environment and a new civilian police oversight commission, committee members were told. But some members complained there’s vacant government-owned space in their wards.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first budget is expected to sail through the Chicago City Council on Wednesday. It’s balanced in part with $786.5 million in one-time revenues. The search for new revenue sources has been punted to a Council subcommittee.

The policy was approved Monday by a civilian-led oversight panel after CPD investigated but took little action against cops with connections to far-right groups, including the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and Three Percenters.