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Recommendation to Inform and Improve Future Investigations Regarding Allegations of Using Racial Slurs

September 30, 2026

Summary

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).

Executive Summary

OIG recommends measures to inform and improve future disciplinary investigations conducted by the CPD and COPA, to ensure CPD members who have sustained allegations of racial or ethnic bias verbal abuse are disciplined in a consistent and fair manner.

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