[in person] 5th Police District Council - Calumet
Chicago Police District Councils
Saturday, June 3, 2023
10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. CDT
11001 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60628 Chicago, IL 60628 (Directions)
Burst Into Books
This is an in person assignment and will include an additional hour of pay.
Pre-research resources
- CPD 5th District - Calumet
- District Council 005 members
- Block Club Chicago: Calumet (5th) Police District Council Candidates
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Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team
Pullman and Roseland area police district council meets for the first time
The meeting is taking place at Burst Into Books at 11001 S. Michigan Ave. at 10am.
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10:14 AM Jun 3, 2023 CDT
Here is the agenda: chicago.gov/content/dam/ci…
Chapman responds that because members are not city employees, “vendors” is the title that they are given.
-Ponchita Moore, introducing herself.
Moore responds that the community deserves a space where they can speak out without the presence of police.
An audience member who is a resident of Pullman. She suggests phone calls being recorded to further remedy the lack of response from police.
Other audience members did not react well to those statements.
He echos that trust must be repaired between police and the community.
Other members of the audience also decided to leave.
Agency Information
Chicago Police District Councils
Each of the 22 District Councils is made up of three people elected by residents of the police district in regular municipal elections every four years, though anyone can participate in District Council work, and the more people who participate, the more effective the District Councils can be. The first District Council elections occurred in February 2023. Just as Chicagoans vote for a mayor and a local ward Alderperson, they also vote for up to three people to serve on the District Council.
The District Councils have several key roles:
- Building stronger connections between the police and the community at the district level, where the community is a true partner in making the neighborhood safer. They can work with the police to address problems and set priorities.
- Collaborating in the development and implementation of community policing initiatives.
- Holding monthly public meetings, where residents can work on local initiatives rooted in community concerns and priorities. They can also raise and work to address concerns about policing in the district, and increase accountability.
- Working with the community to get input on police department policies and practices. Working to develop and expand restorative justice and similar programs in the police district.
- Ensuring that the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability gets input from the community, so that the Commission’s work will be based on what people in neighborhoods across the city are concerned about.
- Nominating members of the Community Commission. Anyone who serves on the Community Commission must first have the support of elected District Council members.
(Source: Municipal Code of Chicago, 2-80-070(a) and (e))
For a map of police districts, visit https://www.chicagocityscape.com/maps/index.php#/?places_type=chipolicedistrict.
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