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Media News, Midwest, Police Accountability Project

Records show Illinois fails to hold police accountable for misconduct

  • By Kallie Cox and William Freivogel
  • October 14, 2021

Eighty-one Chicago police officers lost their badges over the past 20 years, but only after being investigated for 1,706.

Media News, Midwest

Police misconduct records secret, difficult to access

  • By Kallie Cox and William Freivogel
  • June 8, 2021

Police misconduct records are either secret or difficult to access in a majority of states – 35 of them plus.

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