The Chicago Police Department’s error-filled gang database would be permanently scrapped — and any future information-collecting on city street gangs would have to pass muster with a civilian oversight panel — under a long-awaited crackdown poised for approval on Thursday.
The Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability will take a major step toward honoring one of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign promises at the same meeting where Chicagoans will get their first crack at questioning Counterterrorism Chief Larry Snelling, the mayor’s choice to become Chicago’s permanent police superintendent.
