Disinformation on Crime and Violence Doesn’t Serve Chicagoans’ Interests
The amount of disinformation coming from public officials and police leaders on the subject of crime and violence in Chicago is causing catastrophic harm to our public discussion on how the city should respond. Spreading disinformation has been a reality in Chicago for decades, but Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Superintendent David Brown, and Fraternal Order of […]
Illinois Supreme Court FOIA Argument
The long lasting FOIA battle for historical records related to police accountability within the Chicago Police Department made its way to the Illinois Supreme Court. The arguments in front of the Illinois Supreme Court stem from the Chicago Police Department failing to respond within the 5 days required by law to a request for records […]
CJP’s Policy Recommendations For Accountability and Transparency
Overview: A component of our efforts at the Chicago Justice Project is monitoring and analyzing policy and legislative trends on public safety in Chicago. Our Legislative Agenda for Accountability and Transparency aims to bring about a more just, community-driven, and evidence-based policing and police accountability system in Chicago. A .pdf of the report is attached […]
Third Try for Catanzara Misconduct Files FOIA
The Chicago Police Department seems intent on denying CJP access to the misconduct files of Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara. CJP originally filed a FOIA for all the records related to the numerous complaints filed against Catanzara and the records related any subsequent investigations. The CPD denied that request stating that producing all […]
Chicago Police Board Superintendent Search FOIA Redux
This is CJP’s second attempt to get documents related to the Chicago Police Board’s search for a new superintendent for the Chicago Police Department. Our first attempt during the height of the COVID outbreak in the US was ultimately unsuccessful in that the Board asked us to narrow our request even though the time frame […]
Criminally Bad Chicago Crime Journalism
On today’s how we discuss three examples of media coverage of crime and violence in Chicago that perfectly demonstrate just how bad the coverage of these issues is in Chicago. There is little doubt that the tried and true methods of covering crime and violence in Chicago on a daily basis serves nobody’s interest but […]
Special Police Oversight DCRA FOIA
This is CJP’s FOIA request to the District of Columbia Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) regarding this oversight of armed security within the District called special Police. CJP is conducting research in to oversight of armed private security within the District of Columbia officially known as special police. These special police has an […]
Special Police Oversight MPD FOIA
CJP is conducting research in to oversight of armed private security within the District of Columbia officially known as special police. These special police has an array of policing powers that allow them to arrest, search, detain, and pursue offenders off the property of the where ever they are guarding. Unfortunately for everyone involved the […]
Special Police Oversight DCMO FOIA
This is CJP’s FOIA request to the District of Columbia Mayor’s office (DCMO) regarding this oversight of armed security within the District called special Police. CJP is conducting research in to oversight of armed private security within the District of Columbia officially known as special police. These special police has an array of policing powers […]
Conversation with 49th Ward Alderperson Maria Hadden
On today’s episode we sit down with 49th Ward Alderperson Maria Hadden for a wide ranging conversation about justice issues in Chicago. Hadden coming in to office at the same time as Mayor Lightfoot understands the impact the pandemic had on public officials and how the pandemic transformed their first terms in office. We start […]