2-80-130 Reports.

   The Commission shall issue an annual report that includes a detailed summary of the Commission's activities during the year, as well as all policy, rule, and/or procedure changes enacted or recommended by the Commission, the relevant entity's response, and the status of implementation; all Commission requests for reviews, audits, analyses, and investigations, and the status of those reviews, audits, analyses, and investigations; and any other matters the Commission deems of public importance. The Commission shall make its annual reports publicly available by posting them on its publicly accessible website.

(Added Coun. J. 7-21-21, p. 33219, § 2)

2-80-140 Duty of cooperation.

   It is the duty of the Superintendent, the Chief Administrator, and the President of the Police Board, or their respective designees, to cooperate with the Commission as the Commission carries out its powers and duties under this chapter.

(Added Coun. J. 7-21-21, p. 33219, § 2)

2-80-150 Retaliation, obstruction or interference prohibited – Penalty.

   (a)   No person shall retaliate against, punish, intimidate, discourage, threaten, or penalize any other person who serves or seeks to serve as a member of the Commission or District Councils, or participates or seeks to participate, in any capacity, in the work of the Commission or District Councils. No person shall knowingly interfere with or obstruct the Commission as the Commission carries out its powers and duties under this chapter.

   (b)   The Inspector General shall review all complaints alleging violations of this section pursuant to that Office's processes set forth in the Code.

   (c)   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. 7-21-21, p. 33219, § 2)

2-80-160 Budget and staffing.

   The appropriations for the Commission and District Councils, collectively, shall be determined by the City Council as part of the annual City budget process, but shall not be less than 0.22 percent of the annual appropriation of all non-grant funds for the Department contained in the annual appropriation ordinance for that fiscal year.

   The City Council shall appropriate funds sufficient for the Commission and District Councils to perform their functions and duties as set forth in this section, including, at minimum: budgeting for the Executive Director, who shall administer the affairs of the Commission and District Councils, staff to oversee and support the day-to-day operations of the Commission, adequate legal and policy analysis staff, staff to analyze trends and patterns related to COPA's investigative jurisdiction, staff to oversee and support the Commission's interaction with residents across Chicago, staff to oversee the day-to-day operations of and to provide direct support to each of the District Councils, and staff to ensure that youth actively participate in District Council activities. The City Council shall appropriate funds sufficient to provide for such administrative and support staff as may be necessary for the efficient operation of the Commission and District Councils.

   No later than November 1, 2021, and subject to the availability of duly appropriated funds, the Commission shall be staffed by adequate numbers of personnel to competently and thoroughly carry out its duties.

(Added Coun. J. 7-21-21, p. 33219, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 10-27-21, p. 39525, § 5)

2-80-170 Review.

   Within three years after the implementation of the regular Commission, the Public Safety Inspector General shall commence a formal review of key aspects of the operations of the Commission. The findings of the review shall be published in a report in accordance with the Inspector General's rules and mandates.

(Added Coun. J. 7-21-21, p. 33219, § 2)

2-80-180 Collective bargaining rights.

   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to diminish the rights of City of Chicago employees to bargain collectively with the City, or diminish their rights as specified in their operative collective bargaining agreements; and nothing herein shall prohibit or in any way limit the City of Chicago's rights to engage in collective bargaining.

(Added Coun. J. 7-21-21, p. 33219, § 2)

2-80-190 Consent decree – Update and public input.

   (a)   The Law Department shall provide a monthly written update to the Commission and to the City Council Committee on Police and Fire, or its successor committee, describing any court-ordered changes to the scope of the Consent Decree since the previous update, if there have been any such changes.

   (b)   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude the Commission or individual Commissioners from participating in the public input processes set forth in the Consent Decree.

(Added Coun. J. 7-21-21, p. 33219, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 7-19-23, p. 1768, § 3)