The Public Safety section currently has a number of active projects, or projects under consideration for launch this year, related to police and police accountability functions and operations, including:
- Annual performance evaluations for police officers
- Beat integrity
- Civil asset forfeiture policy and practice
- Collection and analysis of data relating to settlements and judgments against CPD and its members
- CompStat effectiveness
- CPD’s officer wellness programs
- CPD promotions
- CPD’s treatment of intoxicated or incapacitated persons
- CPD’s use of facial recognition technology
- Deficiencies in weapons qualifications
- Duty restrictions for CPD members
- Enforcement of CPD’s Rule 14, prohibiting the making of false reports
- Handcuffing and detention of youths
- Homicide clearance rates
- Inventory, use, and impact of military-grade equipment
- Latent print unit
- Police Board evidentiary hearings
- Policy development and implementation process
- Response to allegations of domestic violence and sexual misconduct by CPD members
- School-related arrests
- Service call response times
- SWAT recruitment and training
- Wrong address search warrant raids
To find out more details about these individual projects, please see our 2023 Outlook on Public Safety and Police Accountability.