Live stream is started at 6:41; Meeting will start in 5

Formed in July 2021 by a Chicago City Council ordinance creating a new model for community oversight and accountability of the CPD, beset by decades of scandals, misconduct and brutality. The CCPSA is tasked with restoring public trust in CPD

Commissioner Terry calls the meeting to order, outlining the history of the CCPSA and the intentions of the meeting. Commissioner Wortham suggests topics they'd like to hear about, such as feedback around the frequency of traffic stops

The main purpose of this meeting is public commentary around CPD traffic stops. Commissioner Wortham states CCPSA's intentions of incorporating public feedback into reforming the policies and practices used by CPD in traffic stops and public encounters

At 6:55 the public commentary period begins

Darrell Cook says that he was pulled over by the CPD last Thursday, and physically beaten till he was unconscious. He said he'd been in the hospital for five days, and unable to work, but is here to share his story. "Something needs to change," he says.

Troy Gaston, a longtime BLM organizer, is next. The last time he was here, he says, he talked about Dexter Reed. Today, he's here as a PhD student, researching this subject. But "the community is looking results. And the changes so far have been insufficient."

Gaston asks, "why must these traffic stops be conducted by a man with a gun?"

The next speaker also talks about how CPD officers aren't held accountable. "The officers know that they'll get away with a slap on the wrist," he says. "The CPD needs to start bringing actual actions, actually reprimand officers that violate their policies.

"There needs to be psychological evaluations to see if [officers] have PTSD. They may think they're still in Afghanistan, but they're not. They're in Englewood. You're not in an enemy zone and you shouldn't treat people as combatants. Ease up on the confrontation, the aggression"

Ali Longbottom is here as a member of the Free 2 Move Coalition and the Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts @ChiAppleseed @Free2movechi

"Our reports show that CPD isn't reporting about a third of the stops they're making. Investigatory stops that target Black and Latino young people disproportionately are on the rise, as CPD hunts for guns. Pretextual vehicle stops don't serve the people CPD claims to protect."

Roderick Sawyer (unrelated to the former alderman) lives in Hyde Park, where he says he is under the jurisdiction of the University of Chicago police.

"They are one of the largest private forces in the state, and the most aggressive in Chicago," he says, "because they're private, they aren't subject to the same forums or rules as the CPD-- there's no CCPSA for them, no Open Meetings Act, no FOIA"

"If a U of Chi Police officer decides to be a bad actor, there's no recourse," he says. "I ask that this body looks existing ordinances and MOUs to ensure that data from these officers is collected + reported, so that this data isn't outsourced and hidden by private institutions"

The next speaker has been stopped by CPD, and has had to deescalate situations, herself. She's never had a positive experience with CPD "They don't know how to act...how to speak to people. You have to speak with respect to receive respect.

"If I have to de-escalate CPD officers, I should be on their payroll."

"They're projecting their expectations of who they think they're dealing with. They come at us with all sorts of assumptions, trauma and triggers. A lot of them just aren't well. But that's not our problem. If you're not helping people, you're hurting us," she says.

The next commenter speaks about her experience in getting stopped Commissioner Wortham interjects, but the audio from the livestream is unclear. She isn't speaking into a microphone. There appears to be a heated discussion

Commissioner Wortham wants to specify that as part of the CCPSA, she does not have authority over consent decree compliance. More is said, but audio is choppy and unclear

The next speaker says that ignorance of the law is not an excuse for mistreating Chicagoans

The last speaker says she is very familiar with the consent decree. "I hope that what comes out of these conversation is to review these tactics and say that these are not acceptable."

"If the public here has said that these tactics make them feel invisible, disrespected and abused...I hope you actually take our feedback, and this meeting isn't just grandstanding," she says.

Then, she pauses, staring at Commissioners Terry and Wortham. She shakes her head, and walks away from the podium. "Your entire disposition is so unfortunate," she says. "I'm sorry I even attended"

With that, Commissioner Wortham calls the meeting to an end at 7:59pm, wishing attendees a safe ride home.

This concludes my coverage on the CCPSA's Traffic Stops Listening Session. For more meeting coverage, check out chicago.documenters.org