COPA Chief Search Listening Session
Community Commission for Public Safety and AccountabilityListening Session Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 6:30 P
The Commission will provide an opportunity for public comment. Each person participating in public comment will have up to two minutes to speak.
We would like the public to answer the following prompts: (a) What qualities would you like in a new Chief Administrator for COPA, (b) What priorities should be the focus of the new Chief Administrator, and (c) Any other considerations for how Commissioners should assess candidates.
Anyone may submit written public comment by delivering it to the public meeting or by emailing it to CommunityCommissionPublicComment@cityofchicago.org.
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Agency Information
Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability
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.
Additional context:
- Dec. 20, 2021, issue of the Newswire newsletter with a timeline of events leading up to the establishment of CCPSA
- List of CCPSA members
- CCPSA bylaws
- Chicago Cityscape map of police districts
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