Officials do not have clear guidance in determining the appropriate discipline for Chicago police officers who have been found responsible for misconduct, according to an audit by the city's watchdog.
Officers accused of misconduct are typically investigated by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, known as COPA, or the Bureau of Internal Affairs. The Chicago Police Board determines the ultimate punishment in serious cases of misconduct and when the superintendent disagrees with COPA’s recommended punishment.
Officials charged with determining the appropriate discipline for officers who have been found responsible for misconduct do not have clear guidance on how they should consider aggravating and mitigating factors in making punishment recommendations, which leads to decisions “that vary widely across investigations and may therefore be inconsistent and unfair,” according to the audit.
Witzburg, who conducted much of the audit in her previous role as the deputy inspector general for public safety before replacing former Inspector General Joseph Ferguson, urged the Chicago Police Department, COPA and the Police Board “to work in coordination to develop a single, standardized list of aggravating and mitigating factors” to guide discipline recommendations.
An effort by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration in 2017 to create a matrix to standardize disciplinary recommendations for officers found to have committed misconduct was challenged by the Fraternal Order of Police. After an administrative law judge sided with the union in 2018, city officials dropped the effort.
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