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11 Executive Summary|910|II | Background|910|A | Chicago's Police Disciplinary System and Investigation of Rule 14 Violations|910|B | CPD Members' Credibility and the Impact on the Legal System 13
III | Objectives, Scope, and Methodology 15
A | Objectives 15
B | Scope 15
C| Methodology 15
D | Standards 16
E | Authority and Role 16
IV | Findings and Recommendations 17
Finding 1: Structural failures in Chicago's police accountability system allow CPD
members with Sustained Rule 14 violations to remain in positions with duties
that depend upon their truthfulness and credibility 17
A | The agencies which comprise CPD's disciplinary system state honesty and
trustworthiness are essential for a CPD member to perform their duties 18
B | The agencies comprising Chicago's police accountability system do not ensure that CPD members with Sustained Rule 14 violations are separated from the
Department 19
C | CPD currently employs or has recently employed a minimum of approximately 110
members with Sustained Rule 14 violations 24
D | Collective Bargaining Agreements and CPD's Hiring Plan 25
Finding 2: CPD's processes for identifying members with Rule 14 histories and sharing this information as required lack rigor and controls, and therefore pose risk to the Department and to the legal and constitutional rights of criminal defendants
and litigants 29
A | CPD does not accurately maintain records pertaining to members' Sustained Rule 14
histories 29
B | CPD only produces disciplinary histories when they are specifically requested, and does not keep records of what the Department produces in response to Brady
and Giglio requests 30
Finding 3: Gaps in current BIA and COPA policies and practices contribute to the
underenforcement of Rule 14 33
A | BIA policies do not instruct investigators to consider all forms of evidence when
evaluating inconsistencies 33
B | COPA policies do not explicitly instruct investigators to con...
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