{"id":3840,"date":"2021-06-17T14:11:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T14:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/?p=3840"},"modified":"2021-06-17T14:14:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T14:14:05","slug":"analysis-proposals-for-community-commissions-for-public-safety-and-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/analysis-proposals-for-community-commissions-for-public-safety-and-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis: Proposals for Community Commissions for Public Safety and Accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Chicago Council of Lawyers has <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6.16.2021.CCL-Analysis_ECPS-and-Mayors-Ordinances.pdf\">analyzed<\/a> two proposed ordinances to establish civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department (CPD). Both ordinances &#8212; one proposed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot (&#8220;Mayor&#8217;s Proposal&#8221;) and one proposed by a group of community organizations (&#8220;Community&#8217;s Proposal&#8221;) &#8212; would establish a Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability with certain powers over the Chicago Police Department, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA), and the Chicago Police Board. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Community&#8217;s Proposal, issued jointly by the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability, has been pending in the City Council&#8217;s Public Safety Committee since January; the ordinance proposed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been pending since May. In our analysis, we highlight the key differences between the two ordinances; make recommendations for resolving those differences; and endorse selected sections from each ordinance, but we do not take a position as to which proposal better suits community needs as a whole. The City Council Public Safety Committee is expected to vote on which proposal should be recommended for a full Council vote on <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.legistar.com\/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=871825&amp;GUID=E8AC84B5-8A7B-4C4A-90A8-01A9872B9D18&amp;Options=info%7C&amp;Search=\">Friday, June 18, at 10 AM<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6.16.2021.CCL-Analysis_ECPS-and-Mayors-Ordinances.pdf\"><em><strong>Click here to read our analysis.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Council of Lawyers has analyzed two proposed ordinances  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20,9],"class_list":["post-3840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy-statements","tag-chicago-police-department","tag-police-accountability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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