Sarah and Eric interview Alderman Harry Osterman of the 48th Ward.
48th Ward website: http://48thward.org/
48th Ward webpage (city of Chicago): https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/about/wards/48.html
INFORMATION REGARDING CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF THE CPD:
Information on the ECPS ordinance: https://southsideweekly.com/a-step-toward-community-control-of-the-police/#:~:text=The%20ECPS%20ordinance%20will%20create,year%20terms%20beginning%20in%202023.
And https://www.injusticewatch.org/news/2021/chicago-police-civilian-oversight/
Original CPAC ordinance: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/files/CPAC_ordinance.pdf
GAPA recommendations: https://www.bpichicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/GAPA-Report-2018.pdf
ACRONYMS
CPAC: Civilian Police Accountability Council
CPD: Chicago Police Department
CPS: Chicago Public Schools
ECPS: Empowering Communities
GAPA: Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability
ECPS: Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ordinance that passed last summer which was a compromise between the GAPA and CPAC proposals)