Chicago Federal Consent Decree
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Is CPD's community engagement building trust?
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Community partners formally seeking accountability
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Make your voice be part of the solution — sign on today
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Consent Decree Virtual Public Hearing | Tue, Aug 11, 2026
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Site Reboot Coming 2027
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Chicago Federal Consent Decree | Is CPD's community engagement building trust? | Community partners formally seeking accountability | Make your voice be part of the solution — sign on today | Consent Decree Virtual Public Hearing | Tue, Aug 11, 2026 | Site Reboot Coming 2027 | BLOG Post Click Here |
Community Action Initiative
Ensuring Your Voice is Heard at CPD Community Meetings
Make Your Voice Count:
Chicago residents deserve transparency, follow-through, and accountability. Add your name to a growing community effort to ensure CPD meetings produce results, not just attendance.
Why Does This Matter?
Why is this important?
Chicago is under a federal Consent Decree. That means a federal judge is watching how CPD treats the community, and your voice is part of the evidence.
What does that mean to me?
CPD’s community engagement work is subject to public reporting and independent measurement of community trust.
How can I help?
Sign on to the community accountability document below. It has already been submitted to the 3rd District Commander and District Councilors, and will be presented to the Chicago Police Board and the Independent Monitoring Team.
Meetings Where Community Advocates Have Raised These Issues
FEBRUARY, 2026
Community Meeting - 2nd & 3rd Districts
3rd District community meeting where residents raised concerns that their input into the 2026 District Strategic Plan was not reflected in the final plan.
JUNE 22, 2026
CPD hosted a Teen Takeover Emergency Town Hall - Washington Park Refectory
In a packed room, an Illinois state senator offered a funded youth program. A union tradesman gave out his personal phone number. A veteran activist offered a proven peace strategy. Then the meeting ended, no notes, no follow-up, no record. Those resources are gone, and that is why this page exists.mentation →
AUGUST 1, 2026
3rd District Council Meeting - Commander Clegget’s First Meeting
Eleven named community partners formally submitted a Consensus Priorities document to the new 003 District Commander. Priority #1: Strategic Communication, Transparency, and Accountability. View documentation →
What Does the Consent Decree Require
The Consent Decree requires CPD to build community partnerships and hold regular problem-solving meetings. It also requires the Independent Monitor to assess community trust through representative surveys and publicly report the results.
¶ 24 — District Community Partnerships
Each CPD district must build and maintain partnerships with community stakeholders, including residents, businesses, faith leaders, civic groups, schools, youth, and other organizations. District representatives must use those relationships to identify and address the community’s specific problems and needs.
¶ 25 — Regular Community Meetings and Problem-Solving
Meetings must be scheduled with community input, identify local concerns, and create an opportunity to discuss responses and solutions through problem-solving.
¶ 26 — Feedback from Community Organizations
CPD must designate points of contact for organizations that need access to police services. Those CPD members must provide feedback to the Deputy Chief of the Office of Community Policing about issues and potential policy recommendations raised by community-based organizations or community members in order to improve access to police services.
¶¶ 645–647 and ¶650 — Measuring and Publicly Reporting Community Trust
The Independent Monitor must conduct reliable, representative community surveys every two years. The surveys assess perceptions of and satisfaction with CPD, including trustworthiness, community engagement, effectiveness, responsiveness, and police-community interactions. The results may be used to demonstrate sustained improvement in community trust, and the results must be publicly distributed and posted on CPD’s and the Monitor’s websites.
¶ 546 — Annual Public Reporting on Community Engagement and Problem-Solving
Each year, the City must publish a CPD Annual Report describing the Department’s activities, achievements, challenges, new programs, and progress under the Consent Decree. The report must also analyze CPD’s community engagement and problem-solving efforts, including successes, challenges, and recommendations for improvement.
What Did the Independent Assessment Find?
In March 2026 — just three months before the June 22 Town Hall — the Civic Consulting Alliance published a detailed assessment of CPD's community policing practices. Here is what they found.
FINDING - TRACKING SYSTEM
“CEMS is configured to track engagement volume rather than outcomes, such as relationships or partnerships built."
— CCA, Operationalizing Community Policing at CPD, March 2026
FINDING - DOCUMENTATION GAP
"There is little guidance for CPD members generally on documentation requirements related to engagements (e.g., agendas, meeting notes), so it is hard to gauge the substance of what is being covered."
— CCA, Operationalizing Community Policing at CPD, March 2026
FINDING - FEEDBACK LOOP
"CPD should develop follow-up materials that can be shared electronically or posted on the website to close the feedback loop with participants."
— CCA, Operationalizing Community Policing at CPD, Recommendation #6, March 2026
FINDING - SENTIMENT MEASUREMENT
"CPD should incorporate surveys on officer interactions... QR codes could be added to business cards, included in beat meeting agendas, and posted at districts to reach as many people who interact with CPD members as possible."
— CCA, Operationalizing Community Policing at CPD, Recommendation #1C, March 2026
What We Are Asking CPD to Do?
Document every community meeting.
Provide standardized agendas and meeting notes for every district-level community engagement — capturing what was discussed, what resources were offered, and what commitments were made.
Close the loop with the community.
Send a follow-up communication to all participants within 30 days of every community meeting, summarizing outcomes and next steps.
Measure whether trust is improving.
Conduct brief pre- and post-sentiment surveys at community interactions so that CPD — and the Independent Monitor — can demonstrate with real data that community engagement is building trust, not just attendance.
Supporting Documents
Consensus Priorities for the New 003 Commander
Formal document submitted by eleven 3rd District community partners to Commander Clegget. August 1, 2026.
Community Organizer Performance Review Request
Formal petition submitted to 3rd District Councilors by Brad O. Redrick, Grand Crossing Park Neighborhood Network.
CPD's Community Engagement Tracking System (CEMS)
An educational overview of CEMS, what the Consent Decree requires, compliance gaps identified by the CCA, and what a fully compliant community engagement process should look like.
How Can I Learn More?
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Your neighborhood's regular touchpoint with CPD. The place where community concerns are raised — and where follow-through is most often missing.
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Elected District Councilors meet monthly with the community and district command. Your formal channel for putting accountability demands on the record.
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The meetings that produce the District Strategic Plans guiding CPD priorities for the year. The highest-impact community engagement opportunity in the calendar.