Aldermen present updated police oversight proposals with vote expected this year, ‘We keep finding ourselves in the same position’

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Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35) and Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6) outline their police oversight proposals on Tuesday.

Aldermen and advocates behind two proposals that would formalize civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department are hoping the most recent versions of their plans will finally make it to a City Council vote early this year.

The City Council Committee on Public Safety during its Tuesday meeting accepted modifications to proposals for a Chicago Police Accountability Council (CPAC) and another from Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability (GAPA), with committee hearings on each proposal expected later this month, according to Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29), chair of the committee.

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