Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2018-2389

• Record #: O2018-2389
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 3/28/2018
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Public Safety
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Title 2 by adding new Chapter 2-82 entitled "Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability"
• Sponsors: Sawyer, Roderick T., Osterman, Harry, Foulkes, Toni, Lopez, Raymond A., Munoz, Ricardo, Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Moore, David H., Taliaferro, Chris, King, Sophia D., Hairston, Leslie A., Cappleman, James, Waguespack, Scott, Mell, Deborah, Pawar, Ameya, Cardenas, George A., Dowell, Pat, Ervin, Jason C., Moreno, Proco Joe, Maldonado, Roberto, Tunney, Thomas, Arena, John, Smith, Michele, Santiago, Milagros, Moore, Joseph, Mitts, Emma, Scott, Jr. Michael, Silverstein, Debra L., O'Connor, Patrick, Burnett, Jr., Walter
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 82 Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability
• Related files: R2019-362

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/29/2019		City Council	Failed to Pass
3/11/2019		Committee on Public Safety	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
1/23/2019		Committee on Public Safety	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
1/11/2019		Committee on Public Safety	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
10/22/2018		Committee on Public Safety	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
7/30/2018		Committee on Public Safety	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
6/27/2018		Committee on Public Safety	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
3/28/2018	74901	City Council	Referred

ORDINANCE

• WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ('"City") is a home rule municipality as described in Section 6(a). Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and

WHEREAS, the City established by ordinance at Chapter 2-84 of the Municipal Code of . Chicago a Department of Police to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the Cily; and

WHEREAS, the Police Accountability Task Force called for creation of a community-driven "oversight board," with '"power to oversee CPD, the new CPIA [now the Civilian Office of Police Accountability] and all police oversight mechanisms,'' and specified that "The Community Board would ensure that... all components of the police oversight system are held fully accountable, operate with maximum transparency and perform their roles in a manner that is informed by community needs"; and

WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice concluded that "It has never been more important to rebuild trust for the police within Chicago's neighborhoods most challenged by violence, poverty, and unemployment," and that "Chicago must undergo broad, fundamental reform to restore this trust," which "will benefit both the public and CPD's own officers," and "is necessary to solve and prevent violent crime"; and
WHEREAS, research indicates that public participation in the determination of police department policy helps to build trust in the police department; and

WHEREAS, people who trust the police department are more likely lo cooperate with the police department, and public cooperation with the police department helps to reduce and solve crime;

WHEREAS, this ordinance establishes a Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability for the purposes of increasing public safety, building trust between and among the Chicago Police Department and the people it serves, increasing public support for Chicago Police...