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Oak Park orders third-party review of chaotic Halloween crowd-control; chief defends response
Summary
After public complaints about chaotic crowd-control tactics on Halloween, the Oak Park Board ordered a third-party after-action review and instructed the Citizen Police Oversight Committee to examine the incident and report back.
The Oak Park Village Board directed staff to commission a third-party after-action review and asked the Citizen Police Oversight Committee (CPOC/CPAC) to review a chaotic Halloween crowd-control incident after public testimony about pepper-ball use and officer tactics.
A resident, Jasper Nord, who said he witnessed the event on Lake Street, told trustees the police response felt chaotic and questioned whether pepper balls and other crowd-control munitions were appropriate. "It didn't seem like it was dispersal. It did not…
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