Citizen complaints about Chicago police misconduct and the related investigative files are public records and must be turned over by the city, an Illinois appeals court ruled this week.
A three-judge panel of the state Appellate Court in Chicago rejected the city’s claim that such files are exempt from the Illinois Freedom of Information Act. A spokeswoman for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration said Tuesday that the city would appeal the ruling to the Illinois Supreme Court.
The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by South Side activist and journalist Jamie Kalven, who was pursuing police misconduct records from a federal police misconduct lawsuit. But an open records expert said the ruling could have broader implications for public access to information about police oversight if the court’s decision survives further challenges. Read More
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