Office of the City Clerk - Record #: F2021-44

• Record #: F2021-44
• Type: Report
• Status: Placed on File
• Intro date: 5/26/2021
• Final action: 5/26/2021
• Title: Inspector General's second interim report on search warrants executed by Chicago Police Department, 2017-2020
• Sponsors: Dept./Agency
• Topic: CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Inspector General, - REPORTS - Miscellaneous

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/26/2021	30299	City Council	Placed on File

OIG FILE #19-1180


TABLE OF CONTENTS
BACKGROUND|910|ANALYSIS OF CPD SEARCH WARRANT DATA|910|
CPD SEARCH WARRANT TRACKING|910|OVERVIEW OF SEARCH WARRANT DATA 2017-2020|910|RESIDENTIAL SEARCH WARRANTS: LOCATION INFORMATION, WARRANT REASON,
SUBJECT DEMOGRAPHICS, AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION|910|RESIDENTIAL SEARCH WARRANTS: OUTCOMES 9
CONCLUSION 12



TABLE OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1: PROPOSED CHANGES TO CPD'S SEARCH WARRANT POLICY AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR
DATA COLLECTION |910|FIGURE 2: FREQUENCY OF CPD SEARCH WARRANTS OVER TIME |910|FIGURE 3: PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL SEARCH WARRANTS BY MOST
FREQUENT EXECUTING UNITS/FACILITIES|910|FIGURE 4: WARRANT REASON FOR RESIDENTIAL SEARCH WARRANTS|910|FIGURE 5: NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF SUBJECTS OF RESIDENTIAL SEARCH WARRANTS BY
RACE/ETHNICITY AND SEX|910|FIGURE 6: NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL SEARCH WARRANTS BY CPD BEAT AND DISTRICT 2017-2020|910|FIGURE 7: NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL SEARCH WARRANTS BY CPD BEAT, DISTRICT, AND WARRANT
REASON 2017-2020 9
FIGURE 8: RATE OF GAINFUL AND NEGATIVE WARRANTS AND RATES OF WARRANT OUTCOMES FOR CPD
RESIDENTIAL SEARCH WARRANTS 10
FIGURE 9: DRUG AND GUN RECOVERY RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL SEARCH WARRANTS BY INTENDED
EVIDENCE OF WARRANT 11
FIGURE 10: DRUG AND GUN RECOVERY RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL SEARCH WARRANTS BY INTENDED
EVIDENCE OF WARRANT AND SUBJECT RACE 11




ACRONYMS
CLEAR Citizen and Law Enforcement Analysis and Reporting Database
CPD Chicago Police Department
OEMC Office of Emergency Management and Communications
OIG Office of Inspector General

OIG FILE #19-1180
SECOND INTERIM REPORT: CPD SEARCH WARRANTS
BACKGROUND
Pursuant to the Municipal Code of Chicago §§ 2-56-030 and -230, the Public Safety section of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is conducting an inquiry into the Chicago Police Department's (CPD) execution of search warrants, focusing on the accuracy of the addresses at which they are executed. As part of an ongoing inquiry, OIG has analyzed CPD data on search warr...