The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) plays a significant role in establishing policy for Chicago Police Department (CPD), the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA), and the Police Board. As a part of the policy-making process, CCPSA is required by ordinance to make it possible for people to submit feedback on proposed policies. One of the ways CCPSA collects input is using feedback forms.
Feedback forms are not scientific instruments for measuring public opinion but are instead one of the many tools CCPSA uses to provide community members an opportunity to provide input on policy and other projects that the Commission is working on. CCPSA also hosts open listening sessions, solicits public comments at meetings, receives emails and letters, hosts roundtables, meets with subject matter experts, and holds focus groups with stakeholders.
The opinions and suggestions expressed in these forms are solely those of the individual respondents and do not necessarily reflect the views of all Chicagoans.
Any feedback received by CCPSA is shared with all the Commissioners.
Traffic Stops Policy Feedback Form 1
Published: December 17, 2024
Closed: April 24, 2025
Responses: 1349
Feedback form spreadsheet: Traffic Stop Policy Feedback
Data dictionary: Data Dictionary
Purpose:
This form was created to solicit feedback from community members during Phase 1 of policy development, before CCPSA or CPD made policy language public.
The feedback form included questions about whether CPD policy should place limits on traffic stops CPD makes for some non-moving violations, such as expired license plates, a missing front license plate, or a single missing or broken headlight or taillight. The feedback form also asked an open-ended question about what else respondents thought should be included in traffic stop policy.
Note: Some responses to this feedback form contain racist, misogynistic, and other objectionable content.