
On March 3, Superintendent Larry Snelling agreed with the decision of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) to fire CPD Officer Noah Ball for the 2022 shooting of an unarmed 13-year-old boy known as A.G., leaving him permanently paralyzed. Balls and four other…

Why reforms can be unreformed in the talk shop of legislative politics On August 22nd, the Chicago Sun-Times published an article citing the reversals of six high-profile misconduct rulings enacted by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA). In all but two cases, COPA…