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Oak Park trustees press police for clearer pedestrian‑stop data after 2025 field‑contact report
Summary
Chief Shatanya Johnson presented a field contact/pedestrian‑stop report for 2025 (569 contact cards; 473 calls for service; 96 self‑initiated stops; 101 related arrests). Trustees asked for clearer presentation, breakdowns by stop type and outcome, and consistent templates for future reporting.
Chief Shatanya Johnson briefed the Village Board on the police department’s compilation of field contact cards for 2025, explaining the data collection process and steps staff are taking to convert free‑text narratives into spreadsheets and dashboards.
"Of those 569, 473 were calls for service, leaving 96 as self initiated stops…resulting in 101 arrests," Chief Johnson said and offered to supply additional breakdowns on request. She described efforts to automate the process and indicated a new strategic intelligence manager is helping prepare the material for analysis.
Trustees praised the transparency but pressed for improvements in format and detail. Trustee Jenna Loving Jacobson, Trustee Derek and others said the current materials—spread across graphs, spreadsheets and narrative attachments—make interpretation difficult for board members and the public. Trustee Lehi Jacobson and others recommended a consistent template and asked for outcome metrics (number of searches, firearms or drugs seized, arrests by stop type) and clarification of acronyms used in police records.
Village Manager Jackson and Chief Johnson said the data are typically internal and labor‑intensive to prepare, and staff are working to automate exports from the new records management system (RMS). Trustees asked staff to provide clearer, consistent visuals and to work with the Citizen Police Oversight Commission and Pivot (a contracted consultant) to improve community presentation.
What’s next: Trustees requested follow‑up reports with standardized templates, definitions of acronyms, and additional breakdowns (self‑initiated vs. calls for service; counts of searches and seizures). Chief Johnson agreed to pursue the additional detail and to consult with legal on redaction limits before releasing personally identifying information.
