On August 7, 2015, Chicago Police Department (CPD), the City of Chicago, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU) reached a settlement agreement to conduct an independent evaluation of the stop and frisk practices and procedures, and increase transparency and public disclosure regarding Chicago police investigatory stops.

The agreement also called for heightened training of officers, designed to ensure that investigatory stops in Chicago are conducted only where there is reasonable suspicion of criminal activity and that protective pat downs are performed only when legally justified.

Under the agreement, the City and CPD would collect additional data about all investigatory stops and all protective pat downs, including those that lead to an arrest, in the City of Chicago. CPD was required to provide the data to the ACLU and former U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys. Judge Keys would use this data to independently evaluate the City’s practices and oversee the implementation of the settlement agreement.

On August 12, 2015, Governor Rauner signed the Police and Community Relations Improvement Act into law. This law requires statewide data collection for stops that result in frisks or arrests. Police officers will also be required to issue receipts to people they search during a stop.

More information about Stop and Frisk in Chicago is available here.

Susie Choi - 02/09/2017


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