Thank you for visiting the Chicago Police Department’s public comment page.  CPD remains committed to keeping the community updated on revisions to CPDs search warrant policies and procedures. The below update provides an overview of CPD’s continuing work to address ideas and areas of concern brought forth by community members since January 2023.

See below for the August 2023 Update. (Click on the document for view/download options)

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See below for the January 2023 Search Warrant Informational Bulletin. (Click on the document for view/download options)

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Thank you for visiting the Chicago Police Department’s public comment forum for School Resource Officers and Investigations at Chicago Public Schools.

As part of our ongoing mission to grow trust within the communities we serve, CPD will take comments from the public on the School Resource Officers and Investigations at Chicago Public Schools directive beginning on 14 July 2023 and conclude on 18 August 2023. CPD will consider your comments before finalizing the policy.

Below you will find the current directive of School Resource Officers and Investigations at Chicago Public Schools.  Please review and provide your feedback in the space below the policy.

Thank you again for your continued partnership in building a safer Chicago.School Resource Officers and Investigations at Chicago Public Schools

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Thank you for visiting the Chicago Police Department’s public comment forum for the directives on Search Warrants.  Following the public engagement period held from November 1st through December 31st, 2022, CPD reviewed the feedback to inform revisions to its search warrant directives. In response to the comments, concerns, suggestions, and lived-experiences of community members, CPD has developed a revised Search Warrants draft and implemented a Search Warrant Community Resources and Referrals Pilot Program.

As part of our ongoing mission to grow trust within the communities we serve, from January 31st through July 10th, 2023, CPD invites the community to review and provide feedback on a revised Search Warrants draft and the Search Warrant Pilot Program. After the comment period concludes, CPD will review the additional feedback received to guide future revisions to the drafts. CPD will consider your comments before finalizing the directives.

For more information about the policy and ways you can provide your feedback on it, please click here.

Below you will find a CPD Search Warrants Informational Bulletin, a revised Search Warrants draft, newly developed Search Warrant Forms, and the Search Warrant Community Resources and Referrals Pilot Program directive. Please review these materials and provide your thoughts, comments, and suggestions in the Comment Box located below the documents. Thank you again for your continued partnership in building a safer Chicago.

*** See below for the CPD Search Warrants Informational Bulletin. (Click on the document for view/download options)

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*** See below for the revised Search Warrants draft directives. (Click on the document for view/download options)

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*** See below for the draft Search Warrant forms. (Click on the document for view/download options)

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*** See below for the Search Warrant Community Resources and Referrals Pilot Program directive. (Click on the document for view/download options)

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Thank you for visiting the Chicago Police Department’s public comment forum for the De-escalation, Response to Resistance, and Use of Force –Suite of Draft Directives.

As part of our ongoing mission to grow trust within the communities we serve, CPD will take comments from the public on these directives beginning on May 26th, 2023. The comment period will close on June 16, 2023. CPD will consider your comments before finalizing the directives.

Below you will find the suite of draft directives. Please review them and provide your feedback in the space below.  The directives included in this suite are as follows:

  • G03-02: De-escalation, Response to Resistance, and Use of Force
  • G03-02-01: Response to Resistance and Force Options
  • G03-02-02: Incidents Requiring the Completion of a Tactical Response Report
  • G03-02-03: Firearm Discharge Incidents – Authorized Use and Post-Discharge Administrative Procedures
  • G03-02-04: Taser Use Incidents
  • G03-02-05: Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Devices And Other Chemical Agent Use Incidents
  • G03-02-06: Canine Use Incidents
  • G03-02-07: Baton Use Incidents
  • G03-02-08: Department Review of Use of Force

Thank you again for your continued partnership in building a safer Chicago.

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As part of our ongoing mission to grow trust within the communities we serve, CPD will take comments from the public on the Prohibitions of Sexual Misconduct directive beginning on May 26th, 2023. The comment period will close on June 12th, 2023. CPD will consider your comments before finalizing the directive.

Below you will find the draft of the Prohibitions of Sexual Misconduct directive. Please review the draft posted below and provide your feedback in the space below the directive.

Thank you again for your continued partnership in building a safer Chicago.

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Thank you for visiting the Chicago Police Department’s public comment forum for the Prohibitions of Sexual Misconduct directive.

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In May 2023, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) published a draft of its Racial Equity Action Plan, a first for CPD, and is currently inviting the public to review it and provide feedback to CPD on it. A Racial Equity Action Plan (REAP) is a multi-year strategic plan that articulates how a department will work to improve equitable outcomes in their core work (service-delivery, policy, programs, finance, HR, etc.). CPD began developing its REAP in December 2022, with guidance from the City of Chicago’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice. The creation of CPD’s REAP stems from the City of Chicago’s municipal code (2-4-100), which requires that all city departments must create and maintain REAPs “to articulate and guide strategy aimed at advancing equity and making it a permanent pillar in all departmental workstreams.” Progress on all REAPs is accounted for annually as a part of the City of Chicago’s budget process. 

From now until August 15th, 2023, CPD is inviting the public to review its draft Racial Equity Action Plan and provide your feedback and input on it.

Provide Your Comments

You can review the draft plan seen below and provide any written responses you have directly to the Chicago Police Department. You can also email your comments directly to [email protected]

Fill out a Questionnaire

A digital questionnaire is open for you to respond directly to several questions specifically focused on the Racial Equity Action Plan.

Click here to complete the Questionnaire

Meet with the Chicago Police Department

If you or your community group is interested in meeting with members from the Chicago Police Department to learn more about the Racial Equity Action Plan and to provide your feedback to CPD, please reach out to the Office of Community Policing by emailing [email protected]

Questions for your Comments

CPD is asking you to consider the following questions when reviewing the draft plan and providing your feedback:

  • How would you define the problems that CPD faces with community engagement, workforce, and public safety?
  • What do you believe are the root causes of those problems for community engagement, workforce, and public safety?
  • What do you believe is missing from CPD’s draft Racial Equity Action Plan?
  • What would you recommend CPD include in its final Racial Equity Action Plan?
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Thank you for visiting the Chicago Police Department’s public comment forum for the Interactions with Youth and Children directive.

As part of our ongoing mission to grow trust within the communities we serve, CPD will take comments from the public on the Interactions with Youth and Children directive beginning on March 24th, 2023. The comment period will close on April 24th, 2023. CPD will consider your comments before finalizing the directive.

Below you will find the draft of the Interactions with Youth and Children directive. Please review the draft posted below and provide your feedback in the space below the directive.

Thank you again for your continued partnership in building a safer Chicago.

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Thank you for visiting the Chicago Police Department’s public comment forum for CPD’s Recognizing and Responding to Individuals in Crisis directives.

As part of our ongoing mission to grow trust within the communities we serve, CPD will take comments from the public on CPD’s Recognizing and Responding to Individuals in Crisis directives beginning on February 9th, 2023. The comment period will close on March 3rd, 2023. CPD will consider your comments before finalizing the directives.

Below you will find the following directives:

  • S04-20 “Recognizing and Responding to Individuals in Crisis”
  • S04-20-02 “Persons Not Under Arrest but in Need of Involuntary or Voluntary Treatment”
  • S04-20-03 “Persons on Unauthorized Absence (UA) From a State-Operated Mental Health Center”
  • S04-20-04 “Mental Health Transport and Related Duties Matrix”
  • S04-20-05 “Persons Under Arrest in Need of Mental Health Treatment”
  • S06-08 “Approved Medical Facilities”

Please review these materials and provide your thoughts, comments, and suggestions in the Comment Box located below the documents.

Thank you again for your continued partnership in building a safer Chicago.

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Thank you for visiting the Chicago Police Department’s public comment forum for the T Visa and U Visa Nonimmigrant Status Certification directive.

As part of our ongoing mission to grow trust within the communities we serve, CPD will take comments from the public on the T Visa and U Visa Nonimmigrant Status Certification directive beginning on February 8th, 2023. The comment period will close on February 28th, 2023. CPD will consider your comments before finalizing the directive.

Below you will find the draft of the T Visa and U Visa Nonimmigrant Status Certification directive. Please review the draft posted below and provide your feedback in the space below the directive.

Thank you again for your continued partnership in building a safer Chicago.

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Thank you for visiting the Chicago Police Department’s public comment forum for the People with Disabilities directive.

As part of our ongoing mission to grow trust within the communities we serve, from February 1st until April 29th, 2023, CPD invites the community to review and provide feedback on its current People with Disabilities directive. After the comment period concludes, CPD will review the feedback received to inform revisions to the directive. CPD anticipates posting a draft of the updated directive to its website later in 2023 and will invite the community to review the draft and provide additional feedback. CPD will consider your comments before finalizing the directives.

Below you will find CPD’s current People with Disabilities directive. Please review and provide your feedback in the space below.

Thank you again for your continued partnership in building a safer Chicago.

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