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