Three years into reform work, criticism continues to grow around the department’s ability to grasp a fundamental goal: Engaging with the public in a way that fosters meaningful and sustained trust and cooperation.
The effort to reform the Chicago Police Department was never supposed to happen quickly, with experts seeing the potential for a nearly decadelong, laborious process for a court to call it complete.
“The Chicago Police Department this morning is taking a big swing at community policing, community engagement and building trust,” Brown said at a news conference last year. “Arguably, this will be the most significant commitment of effort, resources and leadership to building trust in Chicago PD’s history.”
And reforming the department goes to the heart of another one of Chicago’s long-standing problems: providing public safety and reducing violence. A department that is fair and respected by the community will be better able to reduce crime, experts say., said if the culture of the police department is going to change, it will “be because the community demands it.”
Hickey, in an unusual memo attached to the report, noted that the massive reform effort, which includes some 550 mandates, requires “more than a checklist.” Robert Boik, executive director of constitutional policing and reform at the Chicago Police Department, addresses reporters during an interview about the department's progress in meeting consent decree deadlines, on Sept. 8, 2021, at police headquarters.
Hickey’s report notes that the “PCIs” are defined by the department as a “brief, spontaneous, high visibility interaction that is positive, informative, helpful, or constructive in nature.” They are counted by having an officer report to the Office of Emergency Management and Communications that a PCI has happened.
In order to have a functional system for tracking positive interactions with the community, she said, the department, among other things, would need to collaborate with the community to define what a positive interaction with police is, include training for officers about what a helpful encounter is and apply supervision for patrol officers to evaluate how successful the community interactions are.
Barry Friedman, the founding director of New York University School of Law’s Policing Project, said the relationship between the community and police is an important part of the consent decree, and while the Police Department has made efforts, it’s struggling. “We continue to be concerned about how the CPD understands and discerns the differences and nuances among community engagement, community partnerships, community relationships, community policing, and community service,” the report said.
It also highlighted the Police Athletic and Arts League, an opportunity for young Chicagoans to receive mentorship while participating in activities with officers. Garcia said the department failed to engage enough on the critical issue of foot pursuits, which was thrust into the spotlight last year after Chicago police officers fatally shot two people, including 13-year-old Adam Toledo, during the highly dangerous chases.
At the South Side’s Grand Crossing District, for example, officers have met weekly with members of the community to discuss crime patterns, drilling down on shooting data.
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