A ranking Cook County prosecutor said Tuesday that he has suggested taking investigations of police shootings away from Chicago police and putting the often controversial incidents in the hands of specialized "shoot teams" that would be independent of the city.
Robert Milan, the office's first assistant state's attorney and a candidate seeking the Democratic nomination to succeed State's Atty. Richard Devine in the Feb. 5 primary, said he brought the idea to top police officials during discussions over how to improve shooting investigations.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
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Robert Milan (D) running for Cook County States Attorney has proposed an independent agency to investigate CPD involved shootings.
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I have a friend that works for the county that investigates shootings for suburban police agencies. I would trust him handling any of our police shootings.
Go ahead and take it away from us. The so-called naysayers will just find something else to cry about.
Many suburbs use the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit to investigate officer-involved shootings. With public confidence in the CPD at an historic low, it would make sense to me to use an agency that was outside of the city but still with actual cops doing the investigation. IPRA is not, I understand, a police agency and its investigators are not police officers.
Personally, I'm all for it. ANd if they can find civilians to answer the daily bullshit we have to, I'm all for that too. Just call me at home whenever they want the REAL POLICE.
Oh great idea, and leave the dead honor student lying on the street until the team gets there from where ever thier coming from.
time for Daley to resign.
The new shoot team will be made up of Meeks, sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Father Pfleger, Every investigation will be fair and above reproach.
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