[remote or in person] 24th Police District Council - Rogers Park (Rogers Park, Edgewater, West Ridge)

Chicago Police District Councils

Criminal Justice

Sunday, April 27, 2025
3:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. CDT

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6907 N Clark St Chicago 60626 (Directions)

Chicago Public Library - Rogers Park Branch

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Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team

Live reporting by Ebony Ellis

The District Council goes over what the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability is and addresses public comments. Updates were also provided regarding the Workforce Allocation study that was approved for this year.

Ebony Ellis

Hello, I’ll be covering this afternoon’s meeting for the 24th Police District Council. This meeting is taking place at the Rogers Park Branch Library (6907 N Clark St.) starting at 3pm. @CHIdocumenters #CHIDocumenters

03:03 PM Apr 27, 2025 CDT

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The purpose of the community commission for public safety and accountability (CCPSA) is to “bring police officers and Chicago residents together to plan, prioritize, and build mutual trust; strengthen the police accountability system.” Read more at chicago.gov/city/en/depts/…

chicago.gov/city/en/depts/…

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Chairwoman Veronica Arreola, has called the meeting to order at 3:05pm.

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The meeting is starting off with public comment.

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Each speaker has two minutes to speak. The first speaker, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression says, “I urge your department to divest from Israel.”

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The second speaker Josh crutchfield, also from Chicago alliance against racist and political repression. He says that he would like to see the Chicago Police Department (CPD) to invest in community rooted safety strategies.

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Ruth Goring, lives a few blocks from the library. “Here because of the Israel bonds, the Illinois treasury has acquired. Between 40 and 50 percent of civilians killed in Gaza are children, my days to day life is helping to subsidize genocide.“

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Goring continues, “We are directly killing people with our money.”

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A majority of public comments are addressing the Illinois Treasury and their investment in Israel.

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The next item on the agenda, the minutes for the last meeting have been passed.

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Side note: this meeting is available to attend via zoom. More details here facebook.com/share/1EnR56wK…

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As of now Arreola is providing updates. She has been attending various meetings, including with the state attorney’s office.

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The next item on the agenda is talking about the Workforce allocation study. This study is looking to get more district council involvement, what the district council wants that allocation study to focus on, where we want police officers to spend their time and energy.

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Next meeting, one of the district council members hope to have a slideshow to go over the study in more detail.

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Council members encourage the audience to look at the city portal for specific questions. They also mention procedures in how to request commanders to show up in meetings for engagement.

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One of the audience members Phil, asks how exactly questions can be addressed to the district council. He mentions that CPD incentives surveillance, would a valid informational question be to obtain that registry of where all the cameras are?

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Arreola, responds that Phil’s concern can be registered as an official question.

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Another audience member asks if the council can request CPD officers to not be armed when attending the council meetings? Arreola, responds that the police district council can make that request.

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Arreola encourages everyone to utilize the district council email, , for any questions. Dc24cityofchicago.org

Dc24cityofchicago.org

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Rama, an audience member asks, “how do you receive the information back?” Arreola responds and asks the audience a follow up, “would you want a personal response? Put the response in the newsletter?”

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The council will use the last few minutes of the meeting for general questions.

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There were no more questions. The meeting has adjourned at 3:52pm. The next meeting will be May 21, 2025 at 6pm.

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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.