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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Schuba

CPD overhauls controversial system for recording ‘positive’ interactions with public

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Six months after Chicago Police Supt. David Brown set a controversial goal of conducting 1.5 million “positive community interactions” this year, the department released a draft policy Wednesday aimed at overhauling the troubled system for tracking the encounters.

The move comes after sharp criticism from the Illinois attorney general’s office and the monitoring team tracking the department’s compliance with sweeping court ordered reforms — both of which called on Brown to halt the initiative. 

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