The independent body charged with investigating Chicago police conduct will -- for the first time --begin posting shooting investigation results on its website, authorities said.
The decision by the Independent Police Review Authority marks a dramatic change in how members of the public can follow up, and understand, results of the investigations, experts said.
"It's a sea-change,'' said Prof. Art Lurigio, professor of criminal justice and psychology at Loyola University. "I think for most large urban police departments, this is a major step forward in police accountability to the public. It opens up lines of communication. . . That builds greater trust.''
And initially, we're of the opinion that this will lead to even more second guessing and Monday morning quarterbacking. Most people don't understand what happens in those milliseconds when the decision is made to shoot, not shoot, deploy OC or any other type of force. It takes time to explain and dissect actions in those circumstances - time that isn't available when the decision is being made.
Also, almost all citizens and even most cops (including SCC) lack the complex understanding of dynamic physics involved in shooting; why a bullet went this way, why the trajectory through a body resulted such-and-such a wound, what the positioning of a body resulted in this outcome and not another, the physics of shooting at water, metal, brick backstops, car windows, other glass, etc. All of this is processed in an instant (or not processed at all) and now IPRA is opening up coppers to a lot of speculation as to actions being justified at the time.
Like we said, a wary eye. And we aren't really confident about it based on who and what staff IPRA and the current Administrations, both Department and political.
Also, almost all citizens and even most cops (including SCC) lack the complex understanding of dynamic physics involved in shooting; why a bullet went this way, why the trajectory through a body resulted such-and-such a wound, what the positioning of a body resulted in this outcome and not another, the physics of shooting at water, metal, brick backstops, car windows, other glass, etc. All of this is processed in an instant (or not processed at all) and now IPRA is opening up coppers to a lot of speculation as to actions being justified at the time.
Like we said, a wary eye. And we aren't really confident about it based on who and what staff IPRA and the current Administrations, both Department and political.
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