A New Panel?

What's this about?

• The new police panel to review Use of Force procedures announced today is not meant to be a disciplinary body but is an attempt to give officers the tools needed to remain safe, Chicago's top cop said.

  The Force Analysis Panel will review firearm discharge incidents to determine whether training, tactics, equipment or safety issues can be improved upon, Police Supt. Jody P. Weis said in a news release.

  "The department's goal for the Force Analysis Panel is to ensure that police officers comply with the law in the Use of Force, and it is also important for the panel to ensure the training, guidelines and equipment priorities are maximized throughout their law enforcement career," Weis said in the release.

  The Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates all police-involved shootings, will provide the new panel with information, Weis said.

This sort of sounds like the old Round-Tables (ensure that police officers comply with the law in the Use of Force). We hope it doesn't turn into something bad (Monday Morning Quarterbacking) and instead is something that takes a serious look at the dynamics of police involved shootings. Our main concern is that IPRA is providing all the data to the panel. The new IPRA policy of not commenting on shootings has actually worked out reasonably well, but we're still wary considering IPRA is still populated by a large number of OPS holdouts.

We don't usually copy entire articles from media websites but this was short enough to make an exception. Credit to the BreakingNews.com people. We still dislike you.