Some members of Chicago City Council are raising questions regarding the Chicago Police Department’s response to ICE activity in the city earlier this month, looking to determine if officers violated city law by cooperating with ICE agents.
Top officials from CPD and Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications were questioned about bodycam video and the number of officers who responded to a Homeland Security contractor’s office on June 4 in Chicago’s South Loop in the wake of a demonstration and ICE activity.
Chicago aldermen were left with few answers, other than a timeline of the calls that prompted the response from Chicago police.
According to OEMC, the first call came at 2:06 p.m. that day from an ICE contractor complaining of protesters on private property.
The second call was made minutes later from officers monitoring street cameras who called for more officers and supervisors.
At around 2:15 p.m., Homeland Security officials called Chicago police, requesting assistance.
Glen Brooks, the director of community policing for CPD, said the department told the Committee on Immigration and Refugee Rights that officers found there was nothing they could do and left shortly after they arrived.
“The Chicago Police Department abides by the welcoming city ordinance and does not assist federal authorities with civil immigration enforcement,” he said.
What interaction those officers had with Homeland Security officials is still not clear. Ald. Maria Haddon of Chicago’s 49th Ward said that warranted an internal review.
On Tuesday, a committee led by 40th Ward Ald. Andre Vazquez voted to approve an investigation into the interaction between Chicago police and the Department of Homeland Security.
In the weeks that have elapsed since the incident, no investigations have been taken up from Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Office of Inspector General nor CPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau.
On Tuesday, Inspector General Deborah Witzburg said she would start an investigation in the absence of any others.
Deputy Mayor Beatriz Ponce de Leon said the Mayor’s office has already started an internal review and would report back to City Council when it had completed its work.
Vazquez admitted that “everyone is stepping into new territory” as they try to make the best calls in unfamiliar situations. He hopes to have more information before his committee meets again late this month.
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