Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2019-4132

• Record #: SO2019-4132
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 6/12/2019
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Public Safety
• Final action: 7/21/2021
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Title 2 by adding new Chapter 2-80 entitled "Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability" and amending Chapters 2-78 and 2-84 regarding Chief Administrator and Police Board
• Sponsors: Ramirez-Rosa, Carlos, Vasquez, Jr., Andre, La Spata, Daniel , Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Lopez, Raymond A., Martin, Matthew J. , Mitts, Emma, Hadden, Maria E. , Rodriguez, Michael D., Cappleman, James
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 78 Civilian Office of Police Accountability, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 80 Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 84 Dept. of Police

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
7/21/2021	33219	City Council	Passed as Substitute	Pass
7/20/2021		Committee on Public Safety
7/16/2021		Committee on Public Safety	Substituted in Committee
7/16/2021		Committee on Public Safety
6/18/2021		Committee on Public Safety
6/18/2021		Committee on Public Safety	Remove Co-Sponsor(s)
5/21/2021		Committee on Public Safety	Substituted in Committee
1/5/2021		Committee on Public Safety	Held in Committee
1/5/2021		Committee on Public Safety	Substituted in Committee
12/16/2020		Committee on Public Safety	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
12/10/2020		Committee on Public Safety	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
3/10/2020		Committee on Public Safety	Held in Committee
6/12/2019	2062	City Council	Referred

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ORDINANCE


WHEREAS, The City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule municipality as described in Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 Constitution ofthe 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 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago a Department of Police ("CPD") to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its residents; and

WHEREAS, Pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/3.1-30-5(a), the Mayor is authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of the City Council, officers necessary to carry into effect the powers conferred upon municipalities, which, pursuant to Article VII, Section 6(a) ofthe Constitution of the State of Illinois, include the power to regulate for the protection of the public health and safety; and

WHEREAS, The Police Accountability Task Force called for creation of a "Community Safety Oversight Board," "comprised entirely of community residents," 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 "[i]t 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, Oh January 31, 2019, t...