COPA CONCLUDES INVESTIGATION INTO OFFICERS ACTIONS INVOLVING 10-YEAR-OLD
…review and conclusion, it maintains that the officer’s prolonged restraint of this child, after he was searched, demonstrated he was not armed, could no longer present any threat and was…
COPA CONCLUDES FATAL OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING INVESTIGATION OF HARITH AUGUSTUS
…July 14, 2018 fatal officer-involved shooting of Harith Augustus in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. Pursuant to Ordinance (http://www.chicagocopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/COPA-Ordinance.pdf) our findings and recommendations have been delivered to the Superintendent of the…
COPA DELIVERS REPORT OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPERINTENDENT IN FIRST CONCLUDED INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED MISCONDUCT OF TACTICAL TEAM MEMBERS LED BY FORMER SERGEANT RONALD WATTS
…including current and former members of law enforcement, former Wells Homes residents, and former Cook County prosecutors. COPA investigators also reviewed thousands of pages of documentary evidence, including reports of…
COPA CONCLUDES INVESTIGATION INTO 2020 INCIDENT OF ALLEGED MISCONDUCT AT THE CTA JACKSON RED LINE STATION
…Supervisor responded to reports of a person stabbed at the Jackson CTA Red Line Station and alleged a Chicago Police Officer grabbed, pushed, detained, and engaged in an unnecessary verbal…
COPA CONCLUDES INVESTIGATION INTO CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER’S ACTIONS INVOLVING MIRACLE BOYD AT PROTEST IN GRANT PARK
…findings and recommendations to the Superintendent for review as mandated by ordinance (www.chicagocopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/COPA-Ordinance.pdf). COPA will post the Summary Report of Investigation (SRI) providing full detail of its analysis, findings, and…
COPA CONCLUDES INVESTIGATIONS INTO FATAL 2019 VEHICULAR INCIDENT
…for review as mandated by ordinance (www.chicagocopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/COPA-Ordinance.pdf). COPA will post the Summary Report of Investigations (SRI) providing full detail of its analysis, findings, and recommendations on its website upon the…
COPA CONCLUDES INVESTIGATION INTO INCIDENT INVOLVING MS. NIKKITA BROWN AT NORTH AVENUE BEACH
…within a reasonable time-frame, without compromising the integrity of the investigation, can provide closure to a complainant, involved officer and deliver answers to the residents of the City of Chicago,…
COPA Releases Summary Report and Findings regarding Chicago Police Department Raid of Ms. Anjanette Young’s Residence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2021 COPA Releases Summary Report and Findings regarding Chicago Police Department Raid of Ms. Anjanette Young’s Residence Today, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA)…
COPA CONCLUDES INVESTIGATION INTO FATAL OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING OF ANTHONY ALVAREZ NEAR 5200 WEST EDDY STREET
…which occurred near 5200 West Eddy Street on March 31, 2021. The investigation, which garnered significant public interest, concluded within 10 months of the incident. During the incident, Chicago Police…
COPA RELEASES VIDEO & OTHER MATERIALS RELATED TO THE DEATH OF MS. IRENE CHAVEZ WHILE IN CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT 3RD DISTRICT CUSTODY
…at Chicago Police Department’s 3rd District station located at 7040 S. Cottage Grove Avenue on December 18, 2021. On December 18, 2021, at 3:20 am, COPA received notification from CPD…