After that, the Police Department could finalize the system. 29 to weigh in on the new policy for the gang database. A follow-up audit released in March by the inspector general found that the Chicago Police Department “continues to collect and rely upon data that it has acknowledged is seriously flawed.” Chicago Police brass told alderpeople during a July City Council committee hearing that the database was a crucial tool in the fight against violent crime sweeping the city.Īfter being delayed for months, Chicago Police officials released on Friday a 10-page draft of a new policy that would govern the new gang database, dubbed the Criminal Enterprise Information System, that requires officers to have “specific, documented and reliable information” obtained within five years before including a Chicagoan in the database.Ĭhicagoans have until Nov.
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