Evaluation of the Chicago Police Department’s Random Reviews of Body-Worn Camera Recordings Follow-Up
Summary
The Public Safety section of the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General has completed a follow-up to its Evaluation of the Chicago Police Department’s Random Reviews of Body-Worn Camera Recordings published in July 2019.
Executive Summary
The purpose of the 2019 evaluation was to determine whether CPD was in compliance with Special Order S03-14, the Department directive outlining policy and procedures for body-worn cameras (BWCs). S03-14 requires watch operations lieutenants (WOLs), across all watches, to review one randomly selected BWC recording “on their respective watch per tour of duty.” OIG found that CPD did not comply with this requirement; the Department failed to complete all required reviews in the time period OIG reviewed, failed to implement a standardized process to randomly select BWC recordings for review, and failed to monitor compliance with the random review requirement. Further, OIG found that the committee charged with overseeing implementation of CPD’s BWC program did not initially hold meetings as required by S03-14.
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