Audit of Chicago Police Department Assault-Related Crime Statistics

Executive Summary

This audit examined a sample of assault-related incident reports. We first sought to verify that the incidents, as they were recorded, were classified accurately according to CPD’s written guidelines. We did not try to verify the accuracy of the recorded incident reports. Although the accuracy of the reports themselves is critical and, we believe, worthy of review and assessment, this audit instead examined whether the reporting infrastructure itself works as intended.