Daywatch: Chicago police log 11,000 complaints
Good morning, Chicago.
In the 4 ½ years since the city entered into a federal consent decree, the Chicago Police Department’s bureau of internal affairs has opened more than 11,000 investigations into allegations of officer misconduct, according to a Tribune analysis of police data.
Meanwhile, the head of the independent monitoring team that grades CPD’s compliance with the consent decree has said there are “real concerns” about the city and Police Department’s ability to perform timely analyses of data on officers’ use of force.
CPD employs about 11,700 sworn officers, signaling that many have been the subject of multiple internal affairs investigations.
Read the full story from the Tribune’s Sam Charles.
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