Overview
- The superintendent appeared at the Community Commission’s special hearing Thursday after his office said he would not join a panel that included outside experts, and none were seated.
- He said officers were there to keep order during ICE and Border Patrol activity and pledged discipline if Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance was found to be violated.
- Commissioners voted to ask the city’s Office of Inspector General to audit possible violations of sanctuary policies by Chicago police.
- Residents described episodes they said showed CPD working with federal agents, including a June request from an ICE worker for crowd control outside the agency’s South Loop office and the October response after a Border Patrol shooting in Brighton Park.
- Public pressure drove the session, with more than 40 district council members and over 2,000 petitioners demanding it, and the Passover and Holy Thursday timing drew complaints about limited access.