Recommendation to Reopen Chicago Police Department Disciplinary Investigation

Executive Summary

Pursuant to the Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) § 2-56-230(c)(ii), the Public Safety section of the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducts reviews of individual closed disciplinary investigations conducted by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) and the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) Bureau of Internal Affairs (BIA). Based on those reviews, OIG may make a recommendation to reopen the investigation to address a deficiency materially affecting its outcome.

COPA investigated allegations that a CPD officer used excessive force and engaged in maltreatment of an arrestee, and that a CPD Lieutenant failed to review the use of force used by the CPD officer and failed to properly complete the Tactical Response Report (TRR). COPA sustained the allegations against the CPD officer and recommended a reprimand and retraining on CPD’s use of force policy. COPA reached a finding of unfounded against the CPD Lieutenant.