CPD Litigation Data FOIA
The City of Chicago has paid out nearly $300 million in 2025 alone for civil judgments & settlements related to litigation involving the Chicago Police Department. A 2022 report by the City’s Inspector General detailed massive gaps in the data collected by the City’s Law Department, Office of Risk Management, and the CPD itself. On […]
Breaking Chicago’s Cycle of Exploiting Violence
The recent push to send federal agents to Chicago under the guise of combating violence is not an isolated event; it is part of a decades-long cycle of exploiting violence for political and financial gain. Chicago’s politicians, justice system leaders, and media have all played a role in perpetuating this cycle, often prioritizing power and […]
Do Not Call List FOIA Requests
Today, the Chicago Justice Project filed several requests under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO) seeking records related to the Do Not Call List. This is a list of officers whom the SAO has deemed to have credibility issues to such a degree that the office will […]
What does the science say about ShotSpotter?
In a first-of-its-kind independent analysis of the effectiveness of ShotSpotter, the science says the technology does not lead to more arrests and convictions for gun crimes and does not reduce these crimes in the areas where it is deployed. The study examined the impact of ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City. To understand the science […]
Update on PGPD Lawsuit
Chicago Justice sued Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) on March 12, 2024, to enforce Maryland Public Information Act document requests, pending since 2021. The lawsuit seeks documents and records regarding the Prince George’s Police Department’s participation in and collection, storage, and dissemination of gang affiliation data for the Washington/Baltimore High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program. […]
Time to Remove Guns from People Suspected of DV?
We open season four with a discussion of Karina’s bill, which hopes to formalize a process for the courts & police departments throughout Illinois to seize guns from individuals who have an order of protection entered against them. Our guest today is Danielle Parisi Ruffatto, Managing Director of the Family Law and Protective Orders Division […]
Sexual Violence on Campus FOIAs
CJP Nation is researching how Chicago universities respond to sexual violence on campus. As part of their research they are reviewing the mandated reports the universities have to file both to the federal and state governments. As part of this work the group learned that each university in Illinois has to file a report with […]
Cops in Schools: Tracking Nationwide Changes after George Floyd
During the summer of 2020 following the death of George Floyd, calls for police reform echoed across the country, including around the issue of cops in schools. Activists called for change in the use of school police, also known as School Resource Officers (SROs). Concerns about the school-to-prison pipeline and its racially disparate impact on […]
Trying to Erase History is Purposeful
On today’s show, we discuss the connection between racialized policing in the US and the efforts by the right-wing to erase slavery from America’s history. We discuss this with Joseph Flynn, the Executive Director for Equity and Inclusion in the Division of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and an associate professor of curriculum and instruction […]
ACLU on CPD Traffic Stop Lawsuit
On today’s episode, we feature an interview with Alexandra Block from the ACLU of Illinois about their lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department’s highly questionable traffic stop practices. The ACLU alleges that the CPD pulls people over exclusively to search them and their care for drugs and guns. According to their statistics, the CPD’s rate […]