[in person] 3rd Police District Council - Woodlawn/Park Manor/South Shore

Criminal Justice

Saturday, March 16, 2024
10:30 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. CDT

7415 S East End Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60649 Chicago, IL 60649 (Directions)

This is an in-person assignment and will include an additional hour of pay. PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK the meeting details on the day of your assignment, as dates and locations sometimes change.

Pre-Research Resources

City Bureau: “Can the Neighbors We Elect to Police District Councils Redefine Public Safety?”
City Bureau” “Chicago’s New Police District Councils, 4 Months In”
Find My Beat and District: Interactive map of police district boundaries
Chicago Reader/Block Club Chicago: Information about the candidates who ran for this council in the municipal elections
The TRiiBE: “ECPS coalition wins a wide majority of Chicago’s new Police District Council seats”

Check the source website for additional information

Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team

Note-taking by Holland Harmon

The topic of the 911 dispatch ranking system continues to be discussed. Residents of the third district are tired of not receiving help during their time of emergency and are willing to do the work to change this.

View notes

Live reporting by Ahmad Sayles

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles

Good Morning! I’ll be live-tweeting Chicago Police District Councils - 3rd Police District Council - Woodlawn/Park Manor/South Shore meeting for @CHIdocumenters #CHIdocumenters. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.

09:37 AM Mar 16, 2024 CDT

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 2/22

Agenda here:

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 3/22

District Council details:

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 4/22

All three district council members (Franklin, Bryant, Jones) are present and a quorum is reached.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 5/22

The next item on the agenda is public comment. One public speaker says that the low turnout of the community is due to meeting times being changed. Chair Franklin says the time change was to accommodate the guest speaker.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 6/22

The guest speaker Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Iris Martinez couldn't make it to the meeting to discuss the new expungement clinic. Most politicians are participating in today's St. Patrick’s Day Parades.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 7/22

With no more public speakers, the meeting moves on to the next agenda item: district council member's updates.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 8/22

District Council member Bryant announces an upcoming gun violence prevention meeting in April.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 9/22

District Council member Bryant reminds everyone of the upcoming decision by Mayor Johnson on the April 7th deadline to pick half of the nominees to serve on the Community Commission for Public and Accountability.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 10/22

The district council members are talking about the importance of the commission. Citing reports of ineffective policies by CPD particularly concerning police traffic stops and shotspotter.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 11/22

Another community member wanted to express concerns about Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management & Communications. She says the system of rating calls and determining whether to dispatch a police car is flawed.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 12/22

Chair Franklin says that a managing supervisor from OEMC will be attending a meeting soon and the community will be able to ask direct questions to someone in charge.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 13/22

DC member Bryant says that Superintendent Snelling has expressed interest in attending future district council meetings.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 14/22

District Council members are now receiving hotspots from the community. The hotspots are areas of concern in the community (selling of drugs & loitering).

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 15/22

The guest speaker Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Iris Martinez has shown up.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 16/22

Clerk Martinez is now explaining the expungement clinic. She says that when she took office there was a backlog of 6,000+ expungement applications, now the backlog is less than 100 left.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 17/22

Clerk Martinez says that Black and brown Chicago residents who have records should apply to get their records expunged, so they can have a fair shot at jobs and trades.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 18/22

Certain records can't be expunged. Such as domestic violence and DUIs.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 19/22

Clerk Martinez departs for the St. Patrick’s Day Parades.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 20/22

With no further business before the district council members, Chair Franklin calls to adjourn the meeting. The meeting is adjourned.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 21/22

The next meeting will take place on April 20th at 10:00 am.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 22/22

Chicago Police District Councils - 3rd Police District Council - Woodlawn/Park Manor/South Shore meeting ends at 11:08 p.m. This ends my coverage for @chidocumenters, find more information through Holland Harmon’s notes at

chicago.documenters.org

View thread

Agency Information

Chicago Police District Councils

See meeting notes for details

www.chicago.gov

See Documenters reporting

Each of the 22 District Councils is made up of three people elected by residents of the police district in regular municipal elections every four years, though anyone can participate in District Council work, and the more people who participate, the more effective the District Councils can be. The first District Council elections occurred in February 2023. Just as Chicagoans vote for a mayor and a local ward Alderperson, they also vote for up to three people to serve on the District Council.

The District Councils have several key roles:

Building stronger connections between the police and the community at the district level, where the community is a true partner in making the neighborhood safer. They can work with the police to address problems and set priorities.
Collaborating in the development and implementation of community policing initiatives.
Holding monthly public meetings, where residents can work on local initiatives rooted in community concerns and priorities. They can also raise and work to address concerns about policing in the district, and increase accountability.
Working with the community to get input on police department policies and practices. Working to develop and expand restorative justice and similar programs in the police district.
Ensuring that the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability gets input from the community, so that the Commission’s work will be based on what people in neighborhoods across the city are concerned about.
Nominating members of the Community Commission. Anyone who serves on the Community Commission must first have the support of elected District Council members.

(Source: Municipal Code of Chicago, 2-80-070(a) and (e))

For a map of police districts, visit https://www.chicagocityscape.com/maps/index.php#/?places_type=chipolicedistrict.