Executive Summary
A broad coalition of community organizations in Chicago came together and formed the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability (GAPA) for the purpose of responding to the recommendation of the Police Accountability Task Force to develop a community safety oversight board. The oversight board was one of three major structural reforms the Task Force proposed.
For almost two years, GAPA members engaged with communities across Chicago to develop a comprehensive proposal for both a citywide community oversight board and a neighborhood-level body that will work on safety initiatives within each police district. This report describes the elements of the proposal and the reasoning behind it.
We undertook this process with the conviction that Chicago has an historic opportunity to institute fundamental and enduring public safety reforms. That conviction has only deepened as we have worked with our fellow citizens across the city to develop this proposal.
