Record #: R2019-689   
Type: Resolution Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 9/18/2019 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Public Safety
Final action: 5/24/2023
Title: Call for hearing(s) on efforts to reduce Chicago Police Department overtime, eliminate background checks of police board attendees and assess gun violence reducton efforts by READI Chicago and Chicago CRED
Sponsors: Martin, Matthew J. , Cappleman, James, Rodriguez, Michael D., Taylor, Jeanette B. , Hadden, Maria E. , Curtis, Derrick G., Tunney, Thomas, Lopez, Raymond A., Smith, Michele, Moore, David H., Reilly, Brendan, Silverstein, Debra L., Osterman, Harry, Cardenas, George A., Villegas, Gilbert, Hairston, Leslie A., Austin, Carrie M., King, Sophia D., Rodriguez Sanchez, Rossana , Dowell, Pat, Waguespack, Scott, Hopkins, Brian , Burnett, Jr., Walter, Sawyer, Roderick T., Sigcho-Lopez, Byron, Ramirez-Rosa, Carlos, Maldonado, Roberto, Mitts, Emma, Coleman, Stephanie D. , Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Brookins, Jr., Howard, Vasquez, Jr., Andre, Ervin, Jason C.
Topic: COMMITTEE/PUBLIC HEARINGS - Committee on Public Safety
Attachments: 1. R2019-689.pdf
Related files: R2023-766
Committee on Public Safety September 18, 2019 City Council Meeting


RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is facing a projected budget deficit of approximately $838 million for 2020;

WHEREAS, the Chicago Police Department ("CPD") has spent approximately $67.6 million on overtime between January 1st and June 30th of this year, despite CPD experiencing a 10-year high in officer manpower and despite CPD having spent a mere $42 million and $61 million for the entirety of 2011 and 2012, respectively;

WHEREAS, in October 2017, the City of Chicago's Office of the Inspector General issued a report concluding that CPD lacked certain operational and management controls to adequately prevent unnecessary overtime; and

WHEREAS, CPD has taken steps to reduce the occurrence of unnecessary overtime, including implementing a requirement that officers swipe in and out at the start and end of their shifts;

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is suffering from relatively low homicide- and gun-violence-clearance rates, due in part to a fractured relationship between CPD and many members of the public;

WHEREAS, beginning as early as 2006, CPD conducted criminal background checks and internet searches on individuals in advance of their public participation at monthly hearings of the Chicago Police Board;

WHEREAS, CPD issued an apology following published reports of these background checks and internet searches, and the Mayor asked the Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety to investigate these checks and searches;

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago should explore the allocation of additional public funds toward providing its residents, especially those most affected by gun violence, with wrap-around services to address and mitigate public safety problems; and

WHEREAS, violence prevention programs such as Chicago CRED (which is affiliated with the Emerson Collective) and READI Chicago (which is affiliated with Heartland Alliance) are

providing men who are at high risk of perpetrating o...

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