Chicago Police Accountability Task Force Explained

The Chicago Police Accountability Task Force (CPATF) was a task force created to "review the system of accountability, oversight and training that is currently in place for Chicago's police officers" in 2015.[1] [2] It was announced via press release on December 1, 2015,[1] in the wake of the murder of Laquan McDonald and the protests and political fallout afterward.[3] On April 13, 2016, the task force released its final report, which found "racism and systemic failures in the city's police force, validating complaints made for years by African-American residents."[4]

Members

The members of the task force included:[5] [6]

Public community forums

The task force held four public community forums in February 2016 and one press event in April 2016 and published the meetings on YouTube.[8] [9]

Final report

The final report used Chicago police data to show that African-Americans were regularly and disproportionately abused and denied rights, which had been reported by many African-American residents of Chicago over many years.[10] [11] [12] Chicago's population is approximately one-third black, Hispanic and white and according to the report, 404 people were shot by the Chicago police between 2008 and 2015 and 74 percent of those were African-American.[10] According to the New York Times, the final report "was blistering, blunt and backed up by devastating statistics."[10]

Reactions

As a result of the report, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that he would be implementing roughly one-third of the 76 recommendations in the report.[13] [14]

Dean Angelo, the president of Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7,[15] declared the accusation of racism in the Chicago Police Department "biased".[16] Lori Lightfoot, who was on the task force, responded to Angelo:[17] "It is hard to fathom that Mr. Angelo maintains his reflexive, uninformed position when it is obviously belied by the facts. Does he really believe that a better trained, better prepared and more professional police force will not inure to the benefit of his members?"[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: City of Chicago :: Mayor Emanuel Announces Task Force on Police Accountability. CityOfChicago.org. June 6, 2016.
  2. News: Davey. Monica. Smith. Mitch. 2016-04-13. Chicago Police Dept. Plagued by Systemic Racism, Task Force Finds. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-06-27. 0362-4331.
  3. Web site: Unpacking the Police Accountability Task Force Report. Wbez.org. 16 April 2016. June 6, 2016.
  4. Web site: Chicago Police Accountability Task Force Report. April 13, 2016. The New York Times. June 6, 2016.
  5. Web site: Meet the members of Emanuel's new police accountability task force. WGN-TV. December 2015. 2016-06-06.
  6. Web site: Chicago City Police Task Force Members. Chicagopatf.org. 6 June 2016.
  7. Web site: Police Accountability Task Force Members . chicagopatf.org . 18 February 2019.
  8. Chicago Police Accountability Task Force. YouTube. 2016-06-06.
  9. Web site: Events: Task Force Community Forums . Chicagopatf.org. 6 June 2016.
  10. Web site: Chicago Police Dept. Plagued by Systemic Racism, Task Force Finds. April 14, 2016. The New York Times.
  11. Web site: Inside the Chicago Police Department's race problem. PBS NewsHour. 14 April 2016. June 6, 2016.
  12. News: Chicago police reforms. April 23, 2016. The Economist. June 6, 2016.
  13. Web site: Chicago Police Department will implement task force reforms. ABC7 Chicago. 21 April 2016. June 6, 2016.
  14. Web site: Chicago Police Reforms: Mayor Makes Some Changes but Not All. Josh Sanburn. Time. June 6, 2016.
  15. Web site: FOP President Dean Angelo Responds to Task Force Recommendations. Chicago Tonight - WTTW. June 6, 2016.
  16. Web site: Police union: Low morale will crater following 'biased' report. Chicago Sun-Times. June 6, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160611185259/http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/police-union-low-morale-will-crater-following-biased-report/. June 11, 2016. dead.
  17. Web site: Lori Lightfoot: Dean Angelo 'Misses the Mark' on Task Force Recommendations. Chicago Tonight - WTTW. June 6, 2016.
  18. Web site: Fraternal Order Letter. ChicagoTonight.WTTW.com. June 6, 2016.

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