NEWS RELEASE
Chicago Police Department
Eddie T. Johnson
Superintendent

For Immediate Release
November 4, 2019

Anthony Guglielmi
Chief Communications Officer

Contact: Office of Communications
312-745-6110

CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES NEW DATA DASHBOARD
AIMED AT INCREASED TRANSPARENCY
Aggregate officer complaint data and analytics featured in new dashboard
as part of CPD’s effort toward increased transparency
The Chicago Police Department today launched a new Accountability Dashboard providing
interactive data on investigations into complaints of officer misconduct. Offering an insight into
investigations by the CPD’s Bureau of Internal Affairs (BIA), the website provides detailed data
on status and outcome complaints dating back to January 2007, and also offers visitors an
opportunity to file a complaint and to check the status of an existing complaint.
Facilitated by the requirements of the consent decree, the new Accountability Dashboard marks
the third in a series of three new dashboards aimed at increasing public transparency.
“We take complaints of misconduct and criminal conduct by our members very seriously, and it’s
important that our communities have a transparent line of sight into our investigations of
suspected misconduct by our members,” said Bureau of Internal Affairs Chief Karen Konow. “To
better serve and protect our City, the Chicago Police Department is focused on rebuilding trust
with our communities by ensuring that we operate with the highest levels of transparency.”
The Accountability Dashboard, updated weekly, displays a series of interactive data sets of on
the quantity, status and type of complaints filed against CPD officers. Dashboard visitors can
also view the demographics of complainants as well as of the accused officers, along with the
average time required to reach a disposition, investigation findings and number of complaints
received against officers since 2007.
One highlight from the Accountability Dashboard reflects the dramatic decrease in the average
amount of time required to reach a final disposition, which fell by 79% from December 2017
(177.6 days) to January 2019 (36.7 days).
“I am especially proud of this dashboard, which not only supports our broader data transparency
efforts but also allows members of the public to quickly check on the status of a complaint,” said
Bureau of Technical Services Deputy Chief Sabih Khan, who oversees the Strategic Data
Analytics Division. “This new dashboard will provide insight into cases of reported officer
misconduct, and will only result in making our department and the communities we serve
stronger and safer for the future.”

 The Accountability Dashboard is a central component of the Department’s ongoing efforts
toward police reform and transparency, and facilitated by the consent decree, which required
CPD to electronically publish aggregate data of allegations, complaints, processing and
outcomes of administrative and misconduct investigations, and discipline.
Earlier this year, the Department launched a Gun Offender Dashboard, displaying public
information related to adult arrestees with at least one felony firearms-related charge, and later
created the Use of Force Dashboard displaying aggregate use of force incident data from
information stored in CPD databases.
Members of the public can view and access the Accountability Dashboard at
https://home.chicagopolice.org/statistics-data/data-dashboards/accountability-dashboard/

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