Four years ago, 20 members of the Chicago City Council signed a letter to then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot, “vehemently” opposing her nominee to lead the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Andrea ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC 7 I-Team has learned that the Civilian Office of Police Accountability has questioned the "validity of the traffic stop" that led to the fatal encounter between five Chicago ...

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- After a Chicago Police officer fires their weapon, you often hear us mention COPA – or the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. The goal of COPA is accountability for officers – ...

A fatal shooting two weeks earlier was still on the officers’ radar. Gunfire had left a 32-year-old man dead on West Flournoy Street in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, and police had no suspects.

CHICAGO — New videos capturing a 2022 police shooting, which left a man paralyzed, have been released by Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA). On Thursday COPA announced that it ...

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A West Side traffic stop ended last month with a group of Chicago police officers firing nearly 100 bullets, body-camera footage released to the public Tuesday showed, a barrage that killed a man who ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's Inspector General this week faulted the Civilian Office of Police Accountability for not releasing videos of police excessive force cases, including shootings, to the public ...

With Andrea Kersten’s announcement that she is stepping down as the leader of Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability, it is important to recognize where we are with police accountability ...