At a Nov. 12 court hearing, police reform advocates had strong critiques of "investigatory stop" reforms proposed by the Chicago Police Department.

The city of Chicago announced last week that it's about to launch a thorough study of police staffing, resulting in department-wide recommendations to be shared publicly. Aldermen and the public have been kept mostly in the dark.

Inside Chicago Government presents audio from a federal court's public status hearing on the Chicago Police Department Consent Decree held on Sept. 10 2024.

At a hearing in June of 2024, a federal judge overseeing the Chicago Police Department Consent Decree heard arguments over whether a court should dictate police practices concerning traffic stops.

In a recent Chicago Tribune opinion piece, the Invisible Institute's Jamie Kalven expanded on a February 22 face-off between two Chicago public safety officials.

In the surprise exchange—captured on audio—police superintendent Larry Snelling challenged the methods of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, headed by Andrea Kersten.

"Nothing would do more," Kalven wrote, "to correct misperceptions on the part of community members and officers about the nature of the [police] reform effort than to have more public exchanges such as this one."

Audio from a public meeting of the Chicago Police Board on Feb. 22 2024, which featured a clash between the heads of the Chicago Police Dept. and the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

At a January meeting of the Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability, Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling defended the controversial Shotspotter gunfire detection system.

At a November public meeting, a Chicago Police Dept. sergeant revealed unsafe and unhealthy conditions at the 11th District police station on the West Side.

Inside Chicago Government presents audio from a federal court's public status hearing on the Chicago Police Department Consent Decree held on Dec. 14, 2023.

Inside Chicago Government presents audio from a federal court's public status hearing on the Chicago Police Department Consent Decree held on Nov 16, 2023.

At a public meeting, prospective Chicago police superintendent Larry Snelling hinted at where and how he'd allocate and deploy cops.

In audio from a June 2, 2023 public meeting, lawyers from the city of Chicago and the American Civil Liberties Union clashed on the pace of police reforms mandated by the 2019 Consent Decree.

In an audio piece, a Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability member questioned police workforce allocation—a matter also highlighted in a report by Mayor Brandon Johnson's transition team.

Members of Chicago’s Use of Force Community Working Group criticized use-of-force training by the Chicago Police Department.

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In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben listened to and evaluated meetings of the Chicago City Council in December of 2022—which saw approval of major tax-increment financing for the Red Line Extension.

In an audio interview, Dave Glowacz spoke with a former city budget analyst. The analyst explained his startling claim: The real cost of the Chicago Police Dept. is 75 percent more than the $1.9 billion that the city's 2023 budget allocates to the department.

In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben heard and assessed parts of the September, 2022 meeting of the full Chicago City Council.

Amid residents' complaints about intrusive festivals in Douglass Park, another concern has emerged: motor vehicles blocking the area's protected bike lanes.

In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben listened to audio from meetings of the Chicago City Council in June, 2022.

In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben heard audio from and remarked on six sessions of the full Chicago City Council that took place in May, 2022.