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Police Board accepts COPA administrator's recommendations in several disagreement reviews
Summary
Board members announced rulings in multiple COPA disagreement reviews July 16, accepting the chief administrator's recommended discipline or findings in a series of cases; the board said written decisions will be posted online.
The Chicago Police Board announced July 16 that members reviewing COPA disagreement files accepted the chief administrator's recommendations in several reviews, and the board said written decisions providing the rationale will be posted on its website.
President Kyle Cooper described the disagreement-review process and explained that when the superintendent proposes lesser discipline than COPA's chief administrator recommends, the matter may be referred for a board member's review. Several board members then read their review decisions aloud. Board member Cifakis (reading his review) said of one matter: "After thoroughly reviewing this matter, it is my opinion that the superintendent did not meet the burden of overcoming the chief administrator's recommendation for discipline." Other members announced similar outcomes for multiple review files, including recommendations that officers be suspended without pay or discharged in specific cases; in each instance the board member reviewing the file said the chief administrator's recommendation would be deemed accepted by the superintendent.
Cooper told the public that written opinions describing the incidents and the board's reasoning will be posted at chicago.gov/policeboard. The board read decisions involving recommendations for suspension or discharge for specific officers; the board also indicated it would enter the written decisions as of the meeting date and send them to the affected parties.
The board did not provide full investigative details in the public session; it noted that reviewers may consider investigative materials including body-worn camera footage and interview transcripts when reaching their decisions.
