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COPA Out & About
COPA public affairs team joined the mayor and many young people in the Back of the Yards neighborhood for the first My Chi My Future Teen Summer Kickback Series held at New Eclipse Missionary Baptist Church.
COPA’s First Deputy, Chief Administrator & Chief of Communications & External Affairs Ephraim Eaddy proudly speaking at COPA’s 5 Year Anniversary Celebration held at the Harold Washington Library Winter Garden.
COPA’s Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten proudly speaking at COPA’s 5 Year Anniversary Celebration held at the Harold Washington Library Winter Garden.
COPA staff delivered holiday gifts and goodies that were graciously donated by members of our staff to the Chicago Department of Animal Care & Control.
COPA’s public affairs team joined the Chicago Department of Public Health along with community organizations such as LUCHA & PlayStreets for a block party held in the Humboldt Park area. At this event COPA was able to share the agency role in police oversight with the public.
COPA’s Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten presented before one of CPD’s newest recruit class at the Chicago Police Academy. During presentations such as these COPA is able to share our agency’s mission with Chicago’s future law enforcement officers.
COPA’s Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten joined city officials and community members to meet and engage in an important conversation regarding domestic violence and its impact on Chicago. COPA has a dedicated team of investigators who focus solely on these issues.
COPA Academy is a ten-week-long overview of our agency, policing in Chicago, civilian oversight nationwide and much more. This is COPA’s latest graduates’ part of Academy VII along with members from the agency’s senior management team.
COPA staff were out in the Roseland neighborhood for the My Chi My Future Teen Summer Kickback community gathering explaining what the agency does.
COPA’s Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten, COPA’s First Deputy, Chief Administrator & Chief of Communications & External Affairs Ephraim Eaddy along with COPA’s Director of Public Affairs Carlos Rivas Jr. met with Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil of the Consulado General de Mexico to begin a dialogue of cooperation to better serve Latinx community in the city.
COPA’s Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten and COPA’s First Deputy, Chief Administrator & Chief of Communications & External Affairs Ephraim Eaddy was proud to participate in the 2022 Pride Parade with the mayor and many sister agencies.
COPA’s Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten along with staff from COPA spent a beautiful Saturday cleaning vacant lots in North Lawndale with other city agencies and members of the community for the City of Chicago’s Clean & Green event for Earth Day.
COPA’s Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten enthusiastically speaking at COPA’s Mid-Year All-Staff Meeting held at Malcolm X College.
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Andrea Kersten, Chief Administrator
Ephraim Eaddy, First Deputy Chief Administrator
Jay Westensee, Chief of Staff
Robin Murphy, General Counsel
Angela Hearts-Glass, Deputy Chief Administrator
Sharday Jackson, Deputy Chief Administrator
Justin Escamilla, Deputy Chief Administrator
Jennifer Rottner, Director of News Affairs
Shannon Hayes, Director of Investigations
Steffany Hreno, Director of Investigations
Charlotte Seiler, Director of Training and Professional Development
Carlos Rivas Jr, Director of Public Affairs
Gregory Little, Supervising Investigator
Deborah Talbert, Supervising Investigator
Cynthia Erno, Senior Litigation Counsel
Garri Hendell, Supervising Investigator
Michael Hohenadel, Supervising Investigator
Greg Masters, Supervising Investigator
Michele Lavin, Supervising Investigator
Angela Snell, Assistant General Counsel
Katarina Durcova, Chief Investigative Law Officer
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