by Wences | Nov 6, 2019 | Call to Action
From November 8 through November 23, join one of the many FOIA workshops around the city to find out if your information is on the Chicago Police Department’s gang database. [ Why is this important? ] Over 195, 000 people are listed on the Chicago Police...
by Wences | May 14, 2019 | Reports
In response to community demands for public accountability and for a responsible process of abolition that provides restitution to people harmed by the database, the Policing in Chicago Research Group at the University of Illinois at Chicago carried out an evaluation...
by Wences | Mar 26, 2019 | Reports
On February 21, 2019 the coalition to Erase the Cook County Gang Database successfully passed an Ordinance 19-0687, “To Prohibit the Use of the Terminated Regional Gang Intelligence Database (RGID) and Affiliated Data.” Since its passage the Ordinance...
by Wences | Apr 12, 2018 | Press
What Superintendent Eddie Johnson Got Wrong on the Chicago Gang Database Yesterday Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson said he has a plan to fix the Chicago Gang Database listing out a number of reforms that he said would fix the problems. But...
