Recommendation to Inform and Improve the Chicago Police Department’s Rule 47
Summary
Pursuant to the Municipal Code of Chicago § 2-56-230(b)(f), the Public Safety section of the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General conducts reviews of policies, procedures, and practices of the Chicago Police Board’s disciplinary hearings and decisions to determine whether discipline is “consistently and fairly applied” and to make recommendations to inform and improve its work.
Executive Summary
CPD’s Rules and Regulations includes its Rules of Conduct, which serve to inform its members of conduct prohibited by the Department. Rule 47 prohibits members from “[a]ssociating or fraternizing with any person known to have been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor, either State or Federal, excluding traffic and municipal ordinance violations.” During its regular review of closed disciplinary investigations conducted by BIA, OIG identified inconsistencies across investigations in BIA’s analyses of the relationship between the accused CPD member and the individual convicted of a felony.
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