Chicago police supervisors did not properly monitor body cameras: IG

Supervisors in seven Chicago police districts failed to properly review footage captured on officers' body cameras over a five-month period, according to an inspector general's report released Tuesday.

Watch lieutenants on all three daily shifts are required to review one body-camera recording per shift under the Chicago Police Department's consent decree. But between November 2017 and March 2018, lieutenants in seven Chicago police districts - primarily on the South and West sides - failed to meet that requirement, according to the Office of Inspector General.

"Given the context of strained relations between the Department and the community in recent years, it is essential that CPD establish and reinforce a culture of compliance within its BWC (body-worn camera) program to ensure that police encounters are video- and audio-recorded for subsequent investigation and review," Joseph Lipari, deputy inspector general for public safety, wrote in the 53-page report.

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