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Residents urge more community policing, raise misconduct and safety concerns during Police Board public comment
Summary
Public commenters told the Chicago Police Board they want more neighborhood policing and training, raised allegations of framed officers and large settlements, and reported unexplained explosions tied to police training; speakers also proposed a podcast to boost participation in community conversations.
At the public-comment portion of the Chicago Police Board meeting, residents and community advocates pressed several themes: requests for more neighborhood policing, calls to protect police budgets, allegations of past misconduct and framed convictions, complaints about insufficient police responsiveness in one district, a proposal for a podcast to drive public participation, and a request for a department apology over unexplained explosions residents said came from training.
Former CPD officer TC McCoy recounted decades…
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