Latino Caucus Endorses the GAPA-CPAC Unity Ordinance

Chicago, IL (April 6, 2021) -- The Latino Caucus of the Chicago City Council has voted to endorse the civilian police oversight ordinance backed by the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability (GAPA) and the coalition for a Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC).

The GAPA-CPAC unity ordinance, Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS), will give Chicago’s communities: (1) a choice over directly electing a civilian commission with expanded powers via a binding referendum; (2) real oversight over police accountability; and (3) a decisive voice over police department policy.

The tragic shooting death of 13 year-old Adam Toledo is a reminder that police accountability and police policies are broken in Chicago. We need meaningful reforms to police accountability and police policy in our city. Research shows that only robust civilian oversight and community control of the police can deliver those reforms. ECPS is a major step towards delivering those reforms. As the Latino Caucus of the Chicago City Council, we mourn the death of Adam Toledo and commit to fix the system that failed him.

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