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Current System for Investigating Sexual Misconduct Complaints Against CPD Officers Welcomes Bias

Chicago City Council Should Authorize COPA to Investigate Complaints of Sexual Misconduct Against Chicago Police Officers A letter of recommendation from the Civil Liberties & Police Accountability Committee of the Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed, written by Co...

“Accountability Monday” Press Conference on the Inaccuracies of CPD’s “Gun Offender Dashboard,” August 12, 2019.

On Monday, August 12, we stood with community advocates and fellow members of the Coalition to End Money Bond to speak out against CPD’s inaccurate and misleading use of data on the “Gun Offender Dashboard.” In the attached video, Sarah Staudt, Senior Policy Analyst and Staff Attorney for Chicago A...

Proposed Law Would Guarantee Prompt Access to a Phone – and a Lawyer – for Arrestees

By Sarah Staudt, Senior Policy Analyst at Chicago Appleseed and Staff Liaison to the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee of Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers. One of the most timeworn media depictions of the criminal justice system is a character in a lock-up cell yel...

Chicago Council of Lawyers Testimony at Consent Decree Hearings

Chicago Council of Lawyers offered testimony at the police accountability Consent Decree hearings this week. A representative of the Civil Liberties Committee gave remarks that went beyond the comments submitted in writing in August of this year. The testimony began with the acknowledgment...

Chicago Council of Lawyers Comments on the Draft Chicago Police Consent Decree

In July, the Illinois Attorney General, along with Chicago’s mayor and the Chicago Police Superintendent, released a draft consent decree, seeking sustainable reform of the Chicago Police Department's policies and procedures. The decree and other resources concerning the drive to reform the Chicago...

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