Chicago Police Leader Blasts ‘Superficial’ Reform
Chad Williams, the former civilian commanding officer of the Chicago Police Department, claims the department’s leaders are employing a strategy aimed at superficial compliance just to get more favorable reviews in the media.
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Chad Williams, the former civilian commanding officer of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) audit division who worked to implement the department’s federal consent decree, says CPD’s top leadership failed “to even feign interest in pursuing reform in a meaningful manner” and that Chicago police retaliated against him for raising concerns about the department’s progress complying with court-ordered reforms, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Williams, who resigned last summer, accused the department’s leaders of employing a strategy aimed at superficial compliance to get more favorable reviews in the media. On Aug. 24, 2021, Williams wrote Mayor Lori Lightfoot to complain that the bureau of internal affairs formally accused him of “failure to promote the policies and goals of the department,” which he called “a clear act of retaliation.” Lightfoot and police officials declined to address his allegation that officials retaliated against him for raising concerns on his way out but disputed his criticism of the consent decree’s implementation.
