2: here is tonight’s agenda:

3: 4 community members are present and all 3 commissioners: Chair Teresa Chandler, Nominating lead Dion T. McGill and Community Engagement chair Joseph Williams. Commissioners and attendees introduce themselves around the room.

4: Williams recaps the commission’s town hall regarding the Cook County States Attorney’s pilot program making it easier for police to file felony gun charges against the accused in Englewood. wgntv.com/news/chicago-n…

5: Williams clarifies that officers are only allowed to bypass felony review if there is body-worn camera footage of the cop’s interaction with the person being charged. He still thinks there should be more oversight regardless.

6: The board moves into commissioner updates, starting with Williams. Williams heard concerns from residents at Ald. Stephanie Coleman’s community meeting 4/12. He described attending a community mediation between the district commander and community members after an argument

7: Williams describes his engagement in the community, including trying to convince a local gas station to stop selling gun-shaped lighters. He’s been visiting liquor stores across Englewood to address people hanging around outside as the weather gets warmer.

8: Williams said he keeps up with violence prevention groups, like Residents Association of Greater Englewood, and expresses wanting to collaborate on a youth safety plan. He also did a walkthrough of Englewood with area first responders. ragenglewood.org

9: Williams announces a Community Mediation Pilot program among community members and police coming to the 6th district. chicagocopa.org/community-outr…

10: McGill offers his update. The monthly CCPSA meeting discussed the current state of CPD’s traffic stop policy. He spoke at the rally after the meeting. chicago.gov/city/en/depts/…

11: “I’m a big believer that something needs to change,” McGill said on CPD’s traffic stop policy. “There are some ugly stops in the 7th District.” injusticewatch.org/criminal-court…

12: On the State’s Attorney’s felony review bypass policy for certain gun charges, McGill said: “Due process should never be bypassed.” He said he doesn’t trust the body-worn camera footage as enough oversight. “There was bodycam and dashcam footage of LaQuan McDonald,” he said.

13: McGill said he believes police should never shine a flashlight in someone’s eyes during a traffic stop, or initiate a traffic stop with a gun drawn unless there’s an imminent reason.

14: He criticizes the new proposal in city council to allow police to institute youth curfews whenever they want. “Is this gonna be instituted during Lollapalooza? No!” McGill said. “It targets marginalized communities.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/16/new…

15: Williams pushed back and said he could see the use for a youth curfew, but not imposed by the police. He said he’s seen officers being rough when enforcing the curfew downtown. McGill insists on any curfew policy being evenly distributed across the city, even for race.

16: the board discusses Mayor Johnson’s reconsideration of the ShotSpotter contract. Williams isn’t a huge fan of ShotSpotter, but he thinks “something is better than nothing.” McGill totally disagrees. He thinks it harms more than it hurts. wbez.org/city-hall/2025…

17: “We know that it hurts, but nobody can prove that it helps,” McGill said. “The company operates in bad faith.” The Office of the Inspector General released a report detailing its failings. igchicago.org/2021/08/24/oig…

18: McGill said ShotSpotter has false advertising — it doesn’t save lives or help close cases, but it can bring police to the scene of a crime to collect shells or find a body. If that’s how it was billed, he would have less of a problem. Williams agrees that it’s not perfect.

19: Williams plays a clip of himself being interviewed on ABC7 in 2021 about how 86% of ShotSpotter’s alerts don’t end in an arrest. In it, he advocates for the money the city spends on the contract to be allocated directly to communities. abc7chicago.com/amp/chicago-po…

20: the meeting adjourns at 7:22 p.m. Its next special meeting is Monday 4/28 at 6:30 here at the Lindblom Fieldhouse. Follow @CHIdocumenters for more public meeting coverage!