[remote or in person] Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability

Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability
Criminal Justice

Thursday, June 27, 2024
6:30 p.m. — 8:30 p.m. CDT

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1210 W 78th Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60620 Chicago, IL 60620 (Directions)

St. Sabina Church

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Note-taking by James Klososky

First meeting of "permanent" Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, Pretextual traffic stops

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Live reporting by Jana Simovic

First meeting of "permanent" Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, Pretextual traffic stops

Jana Simović @janasimoviic
Hello Chicago! This evening I will be live-tweeting the June meeting of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability at 6:30 pm today
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06:35 PM Jun 27, 2024 CDT

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Commissioner Terry calls meeting to order at 6:39 pm
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Here is the agenda and some background information
chicago.gov/content/dam/ci… chicago.gov/city/en/depts/…
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Quorum is established; 5 out of 6 Commissioners are present
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Commissioner Terry states that public comment is next, with each person having 2 minutes to speak - allotting a total of 20 minutes.
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First public comment urges for the Commission to promote constitutional traffic stops
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Second public comment states they are speaking form lived experience. They want the Commission to abolish pre-textual traffic stops unless they are a concern of public safety and are done with clearly marked city vehicles.
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Third public comments urges for the Council to stop using pre-textual stops as they target specific racial groups. Urges to stop using pre-texual traffic stops as a whole but especially for minor violations (like broken taillights and unwarranted suspicion(s).
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Fourth public comment also urges for the Commission to help stop using pre-texual traffic stops, highlighting the power that the Community Commission has to do so when listening to comments.
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Another public comment highlights the disproportionate number of Black Americans that are killed in pre-textual traffic stops; urging the Commission to stop their use.
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Another public speaker is a council member from the 7th ditrict. Urges the Commission to hold a hearing in July regarding pre-textual traffic stops. States that in their district there have been complaints about police response times, unjust stops.
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Public comment transitions to Zoom; commenter brings up incident of an Officer shooting a dog with witnesses present. They urge COPA and the Commission to fire and hold the Officer accountable.
For background;
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/05/…
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Public comment is back to in-person; speaker doesn't understand how officers can have 41 tactical complaints filed against them before they had killed his nephew after a traffic stop.
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Last public speaker urges the Commission to hold a July hearing for the use of traffic stops.
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Public comment section of the meeting is finished at 7:08 pm. Minutes are approved. Next on the agenda is New Business.
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New Commissioners are introduced. Aaron Gottlieb introduces himself; a professor at UChicago and an active community member who is looking forward to serving the city.
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Abierre Minor and Kelly Presley introduce themselves as active community members who are looking forward to working with COPA to being more accountability to police.
For more information of Commission members:
webapps1.chicago.gov/moboco/board?b…
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Sandra Wortham introduces herself as a life-long South Sider, who has maintained very strong ties to the community. States is deeply concerned with the state of public safety and is looking forward to providing her knowledge, expertise and experience to help make Chicago safer.
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Commissioner Remel Terry re-introduces herself as a proud life-long West Side Chicagoan. For the past 22 months was a part of the interim Commission and is still deeply committed and is looking forward to providing her efforts to continue seeing progress and being transparent.
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Commissioner Anthony Driver, Jr. re-introduces himself as a life-long South Sider and is looking forward to continue his work from the past 22 months. Mentions that the work he does is out of necessity.
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Next on the agenda is the Vote for nomination of officers. Commissioner Driver is nominated to be President of CCPSA, he accepts. Vote is cast; Driver is elected as President of CCPSA.
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Commissioner Remel Terry is nominated to serve as Vice President of the CCPSA. Vote is cast and Commissioner Terry is elected as Vice President of the CCPSA.
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7:30 Next on the agenda is a vote to authorize a series of closed meetings. Vote is held, all Commissioners accept the use of closed meetings.
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Next up is the drawing and announcement of Commissioner terms. Driver states that is Commissioner's term will last 2 or 4 years. With a random drawing of numbers 1 through 6; #'s 1,2,3 will have 2 yr terms while #'s 4,5,6 will have 4 yr terms
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Numbers are randomly drawn by community members in the audience.
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Next meeting is announced to be July 25 at Malcom X College. Commissioner Driver thanks community members and the first permanent meeting for the CCPSA is adjourned at 7:42 pm on June 27.
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That's all for today, thanks for keeping up! I'll go ahead and post some resources below and see ya at the next one!
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A recording of the meeting may or may not be posted here in the next coming days/weeks:
youtube.com/@chicagoccpsa/…
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Here are the COPA Chief Administrator Goals:
chicago.gov/content/dam/ci…
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Last but not least, here is the CCPSA 2024 Public Meeting Calendar:
chicago.gov/content/dam/ci…
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Agency Information

Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability

www.chicago.gov

(312) 742-8888

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In July 2021, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance creating a new model for police oversight, accountability, and public safety. The ordinance creates two types of bodies: a citywide Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, with power to advance systemic reform, and District Councils, which will be elected in each police district and work to improve policing and public safety in the district. The Commission and District Councils will bring police officers and Chicago residents together to plan, prioritize, and build mutual trust; strengthen the police accountability system; give Chicagoans a meaningful new role in oversight; and explore and advance alternative effective approaches to public safety.

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