DFSS South Chicago Service Center Community Visit
…Department. COPA will spend a full-day answering questions residents may have related to the agency and the investigative process. For more information about COPA visit www.chicagocopa.org or call 312-746-3609. …
Investigative Process
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COPA Responds to Officer Involved Shooting – 4th District – 7900 S. Yates – July 2, 2018
On July 2, 2018 at approximately 10:00PM the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) was notified of an officer involved shooting. Early reports indicate an officer, upon leaving a store…
My Chi My Future Garfield Park Youth Community Meeting
COPA will be working with various city department agencies and community organizations to discuss effective ways of providing youth outreach and plan youth programming by neighborhood.
My Chi My Future Roseland Youth Community Meeting
COPA will be working with various city department agencies and community organizations to discuss effective ways of providing youth outreach and plan youth programming by neighborhood.
Shannon Hayes, Director of Investigations
…Police Accountability in 2017, and became Director of Investigations in 2020. Since March 2022, Shannon has managed COPA’s Video Release and Transparency Unit (VRTU). VRTU is responsible for COPA’s compliance…
Deborah Talbert, Supervising Investigator
…career as a Homicide Investigator, Ms. Talbert performed investigations for several high-profile cases, cold-cases, Miller cases and the lead investigator resulting in several individuals being found not guilty of murder….
Gregory Little, Supervising Investigator
…employee/contractor misconduct, solved administrative, operational, security, and misconduct problems over a 9 state area covering the Midwest United States. For more than 20-years, Greg has been an Adjunct Professor at…
Community Commission for Public Safety (CCPSA) Meeting
…ease and pleasure of working with COPA leadership to draft these important goals. The Commission presented COPA with over 30 goals ranging from investigations, administration, legal, community engagement and research….
Cynthia Erno, Senior Litigation Counsel
…the Traffic Division, Juvenile Justice Bureau, Felony Review, and the Criminal Prosecutions Bureau at 26th Street, Markam, and Maywood. Cynthia devoted a significant amount of her career in the Cook…