Recommendation to Reopen Chicago Police Department Misconduct Investigation

Executive Summary

Pursuant to the Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) § 2-56-230(c)(ii), 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). Based on those reviews, OIG may make a recommendation to reopen the investigation to address a deficiency materially affecting its outcome.

During its review, OIG identified that COPA did not conduct an analysis regarding a potential Rule 14 violation of making a false report to address the accused officer calling 911 to report a “10-1,” where the accused admitted that they knew that if they told 911 “10-1” officers would respond immediately.

OIG recommended that COPA reopen the investigation to conduct a Rule 14 analysis to address the CPD member’s false statement to 911 of a “10-1.”