Panelists Debate How Soon Police Videos Should be Released

ICPR’s forum on transparency between City Hall and the CPD is mentioned in this article via The Columbia Chronicle “Experts shared ideas on how City Hall and the Chicago Police Department can better handle video evidence and increase transparency at a…

Questionable Campaign Spending

ICPR Board Chair Susan Garrett is quoted in this article via Illinois Times “While a state representative, Illinois auditor general Frank Mautino spent more than $213,000 from his campaign fund at a Spring Valley service station in less than 11 years,…

Illinois Sunshine Weekly Update 1.21.2016

The Business of Tasers

ICPR Executive Director Sarah Brune is quoted in this article via The Chicago Reporter “When Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced late last year that the Chicago Police Department would double the number of Tasers in its possession, stock prices jumped for Taser…

Morning Spin: Emanuel in D.C. to Talk Policing, Crime

The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform is mentioned in this article. via Chicago Tribune “It’s Wednesday, Jan. 20, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in Washington, D.C. where he will take part in a U.S. Conference of Mayors panel on violent crime…

Taxpayers Funding State Employees Who Show Up for Work at Closed Facilities

ICPR Executive Director Sarah Brune was interviewed for this news story via NBC 5 Chicago “Illinois taxpayers are paying state employees who show up for work at shuttered museums and other closed facilities at a cost of $1.6 million and…

Mautino Kept Taking Donations

ICPR Board Chair Susan Garrett is quoted in this article via My Web Times “Former state Rep. Frank Mautino maintained the flow of campaign contributions after he was appointed state auditor general in October. The leader of a watchdog group is…