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Follow-up Evaluation of Demographic Impacts of Chicago Police Department’s Hiring Process

May 20, 2026

Summary

The Public Safety section of the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its July 2021 Evaluation of the Demographic Impacts of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD or the Department) Hiring Process.

Executive Summary

In its 2021 report, OIG evaluated the demographic impact of the CPD hiring process, examining demographic patterns of candidate attrition at each hiring stage. OIG made 17 recommendations for corrective actions to CPD and the Office of Public Safety Administration (OPSA). In this follow-up, OIG assessed the corrective actions taken by the agencies in response to each recommendation. OIG concludes that five recommendations have been fully implemented, five substantially implemented, four partially implemented, and three not implemented.

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