Event Calendar

COPA will be working with various city department agencies and community organizations to discuss effective ways of providing youth outreach and plan youth programming by neighborhood.

The Police Board holds a regular public meeting once a month. The Superintendent of Police (or his designee) and the Chief Administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (or her designee) will be at the meetings. Members of the public are invited to attend and are welcome to address questions or comments to the Board. Prior sign-up is required of those wishing to address the Board; to add your name to the list of speakers, please contact the Chicago Police Board’s office. The meetings are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Whether the meeting will be in person or via Zoom will be determined closer to each meeting date.

COPA will be meeting with various city department agencies and community organizations to discuss effective ways of providing youth outreach and plan youth programming in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

COPA will share with criminal justice students investigative opportunities for an internship or career within the agency.

COPA will share with law students legal opportunities within the agency.

COPA's Interim Chief Administrator and the agency's Chief Public Information Officer will speak at the Chicago Police Department Citizens Academy on October 19, 2021. During the presentation, COPA will explain the agency's mission, discuss its commitment to enhancing the profession of policing and share how COPA’s role as a police oversight body advances policing and serves as a catalyst to building community trust.  COPA engages residents in order to build trust, establish relationships, and engage in a conversation regarding police accountability and civilian oversight.

The Police Board holds a regular public meeting once a month. The Superintendent of Police (or his designee) and the Chief Administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (or her designee) will be at the meetings. Members of the public are invited to attend and are welcome to address questions or comments to the Board. Prior sign-up is required of those wishing to address the Board; to add your name to the list of speakers, please contact the Chicago Police Board’s office. The meetings are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Whether the meeting will be in person or via Zoom will be determined closer to each meeting date.

COPA will speak to a group of students at Phillips High School for a Junior Achievement Virtual Career Event.

COPA will visit Assembly Christian Church to explain the agency operations and discuss the importance of police oversight.  

COPA will met virtually with over 70 community members apart of the Marshall Square Resource Network (MSRN) Quarterly Meeting hosted by Latinos Progresando.