2-56-245 Response to recommendations by the public safety deputy.

   If the Public Safety Deputy's report includes recommendations concerning the Police Department, the Police Board, the Office, or another City department or agency, that entity must submit a written response to such recommendation within 60 days of its receipt of the Public Safety Deputy's report. The response shall include either (1) a description of any corrective or other actions taken or to be taken in response to the recommendation, (2) the basis for rejecting the recommendation in whole or in part, or (3) a request for a 30-day extension for making its response if additional time is needed by the entity to respond to the recommendation. In addition, at the request of at least three aldermen, the Chair of the City Council Committee on Police and Fire, or its successor committee, shall request that the head of the department or agency in question, or their designee, appear at a hearing of a joint City Council Committee consisting of the Committee on Police and Fire and the Committee on Public Safety, or their respective successor committees, to explain and respond to questions concerning such response.

(Added Coun. J. 10-5-16, p. 34471, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 7-19-23, p. 1768, § 1)

2-56-250 Publication of the public safety deputy's reports and responses to the public safety deputy's recommendations.

   Upon receipt of the response(s) to its reports and recommendations, the Public Safety Deputy shall promptly post the report and recommendations and all responses thereto on the Public Safety Deputy's website for public review and serve copies on the Mayor, or their designee, the Chair of the City Council Committee on Police and Fire, or its successor committee, and the Chair of the City Council Committee on Public Safety, or its successor committee, except to the extent that information contained therein has been redacted because it is exempted from disclosure by the Illinois Freedom of Information Act or any other applicable law.

   Neither the Public Safety Deputy nor the Police Department, the Police Board, or the Office shall publicly disclose any recommendations or responses provided in Section 2-56-240(a) and Section 2-56-245 before the processes set forth in Section 2-56-245 are completed.

(Added Coun. J. 10-5-16, p. 34471, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 7-19-23, p. 1768, § 1)

2-56-260 Public safety deputy – Cooperation in reviews or audits.

   It shall be the duty of every officer, employee, department, and agency of the City to cooperate with the Public Safety Deputy in any review or audit undertaken pursuant to Sections 2-56-200 through 2-56-280.

(Added Coun. J. 10-5-16, p. 34471, § 6)

2-56-270 Public safety deputy – Retaliation, obstruction or interference prohibited – Penalty.

   (a)   Retaliation. No person shall retaliate against, punish, intimidate, discourage, threaten or penalize any other person for providing information, testimony or documents to, or otherwise cooperating with or assisting the Public Safety Deputy in the performance of his duties.

   (b)   Obstruction or interference. No person shall knowingly interfere with or obstruct a review or audit authorized by this chapter and conducted by an announced employee of the Public Safety Deputy.

   (c)   Penalty. Any person who willfully violates this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $1,000.00 and not more than $5,000.00 for each such offense, or imprisonment for a period of not less than 30 days and not more than six months, or both a fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Actions seeking the imposition of a fine only shall be filed as quasi-criminal actions subject to the provisions of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure. Actions seeking incarceration, or incarceration and a fine, shall be filed and prosecuted as misdemeanor actions under the procedure set forth in Section 1-2-1.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/1-2-1.1.

(Added Coun. J. 10-5-16, p. 34471, § 6)

2-56-280 Public safety deputy – Conditions for removal from office.

   Prior to serving a complete term, the Public Safety Deputy may be removed only for cause and in accordance with this section. The Inspector General shall give written notice to the Mayor, the Chair of the City Council Committee on Police and Fire, or its successor committee, and the Public Safety Deputy of their intent to remove the Public Safety Deputy and stating the reasons for the proposed removal. Within ten days after receipt of the notice, the Public Safety Deputy may file with the Mayor and the Chair of the City Council Committee on Police and Fire, or its successor committee, a request for hearing on the cause for removal. If no such request is made within ten days, the Public Safety Deputy shall be deemed to have resigned their office as of the tenth day after receipt of the notice of intended removal. If such a request is made, the Chair of the City Council Committee on Police and Fire, or its successor committee, shall convene a hearing on the cause for removal of the Public Safety Deputy, at which the Public Safety Deputy may appear, be represented by counsel, and be heard. The hearing shall be convened within 21 days after receipt of the request for the hearing and conclude within 35 days thereafter. The Inspector General's notice of intended removal shall constitute the charge against the Public Safety Deputy. Removal of the Public Safety Deputy for cause after the hearing shall require the approval of the City Council.

(Added Coun. J. 10-5-16, p. 34471, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 7-19-23, p. 1768, § 1)