Record #: O2019-8019   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 10/16/2019 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Public Safety
Final action: 11/20/2019
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 2-84 by adding new Section 2-84-197 regarding filing of quarterly reports with Committee on Public Safety on murders and murder clearance rates in City of Chicago
Sponsors: Taliaferro, Chris
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 84 Dept. of Police
Attachments: 1. O2019-8019.pdf

Committee on Public Safety

 

 

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

 

 

SECTION 1. Chapter 2-84 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting a new section 2-84-197, as follows:

2-84-197      Quarterly Reports on Murders and Murder Clearance Rates.

 

On a quarterly basis, if a request is made by the Chairman of the Committee on Public Safety, the Superintendent or his designee shall appear before the Committee on Public Safety to report on, and answer questions concerning, the number of murders in the City and the City's murder clearance rate during the preceding quarter.

 

 

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its due passage and publication.

Aid. Chris Taliaferro, 29th Ward