CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
INTEGRITY TRANSPARENCY INDEPENDENCE < TIMELINESS
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COPA First Quarter 2019 Report For the period January 1, 2019 through March 31, 2019
CONTENTS
Executive Summary|910|Operational Updates|910|
Case Management System|910|Community Engagement|910|
Community Meetings|910|Engagement—Law Enforcement|910|2.3Training |910|Case Management System eLearning Roll-Out|910|COPA Training Academy|910|Consent Decree 9
COPA Internship Program 10
3. Q1 2019 Data Analysis 11
Methodology 11
Intake-Complaints and Notifications Received 12
Intake By District 15
Intake-Complaints and Notifications Retained By COPA 17
Complaints 18
Notifications 20
Affidavits 22
Pending Investigations 23
Concluded Investigations 25
Investigations Concluded With Findings 25
Investigations Concluded Without Findings 26
Length of Investigation 28
Investigations Closed by Reporting Category 30
Recommended Discipline 31
4. Additional Data Reporting 32
Transparency Efforts 32
Referrals .' 34
5. Complaints Filed Per Member 35
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1. Executive Summary
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (GOPA) is responsible for receiving all complaints of police misconduct involving the Chicago Police Department (Department) and investigating complaints involving:
Excessive Force,
Domestic Violence,
Coercion,
Verbal Abuse—Biased and sex-based in nature,
Unlawful Search or Seizure, and
Unlawful Denial of Counsel.
COPA also receives notifications of, and investigates, certain types of incidents and uses of force, including:
All officer-involved firearm discharges,
All officer-involved deaths,
Custodial deaths,
Taser discharges resulting in serious injury or death, and
Any incident involving an officer that results in serious bodily injury or death.
The mission of COPA is to:
Provide a just and efficient means to fairly, timely, and objectively conduct investigations within our jurisdi...
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