Public Safety Draft 2026 Outlook on Police Oversight and Accountability
October 31, 2025
Summary
The Public Safety section of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) works to improve the effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and Chicago’s police accountability agencies, and to transform the critical relationship between CPD and the communities it serves.
Executive Summary
The following projects are under consideration for 2026. They are listed below in categories corresponding to the Public Safety section’s strategic priorities listed above: (A) CPD operational competence; (B) discipline and accountability; and (C) constitutional policing.
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