In 2019, the OIG found that CPD’s gang database had widespread data quality issues. The OIG found that people were never told they were added to the database, and that CPD allegedly had no mechanism of fixing incorrect entries. The database was also had deep racial bias, the report found.
“OIG’s 2019 analysis of Gang Arrest Card data found that 95% of the 135,242 individuals designated as gang members were Black and Latinx,” the Inspector General said in the statement.
“Individuals as young as nine and as old as seventy-five were designated as gang members. OIG’s 2019 report also highlighted the potential consequences of a gang designation in relation to an individual’s criminal justice involvement, immigration status, and employment prospects.”
The Chicago Police Department's oversight agency concluded a three-year investigation into current department members who worked on disgraced Sergeant Ronald Watts's tactical team that shook down residents for years at the former Ida B. Wells homes.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability concluded a three-year investigation into current members of the Chicago Police Department who worked on disgraced Sergeant Ronald Watts’s tactical team that shook down residents for years at the former Ida B. Wells homes.
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