Published May 5, 2021 •
Updated on May 5, 2021 at 3:47 pm
Sydney Roberts, the chief administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in Chicago, has resigned her post after three years, the office announced Wednesday.
Roberts was chosen to lead COPA by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2018, and was confirmed by the Chicago City Council in April of that year. Don t miss local breaking news and weather! Download our mobile app for iOS or Android and sign up for alerts.
“It has been a tremendous honor to serve these last three years as COPA’s Chief Administrator” Roberts said in a statement. “I led COPA from the very start of my tenure with a keen awareness of the new agency’s importance in enabling civilian oversight of law enforcement. COPA has assumed an unprecedented role in ensuring law enforcement accountability through investigations of the use of deadly force and other misconduct complaints, transparency of investigative act