Salary data reflects base salary, but not overtime pay, which can make up a substantial amount of an officer’s compensation. Salary data is provided by the City of Chicago Department of Human Resources.
Percentiles are based on an officer's complaints per year of service in the CPD. This means that an officer with seven complaints in two years (3.5 per year) will have a higher percentile than another officer with 12 complaints in 12 years on the force (1 per year). We do not count years of service for periods in which we do not have complaint data. Officers with less than one year of service are also excluded.
Due to limitations in the data systems used by the CPD and its oversight agencies, if any part of a complaint against an officer is marked as “sustained” then the entire allegation against that officer is also marked as “sustained.” This means that if an officer receives a complaint alleging improper use of force, and illegal search, and incorrect paperwork, but only the paperwork violation is upheld, then the entire complaint is marked as “sustained.”
The use of force data found in Tactical Response Reports (TRRs) is self-reported by officers and likely does not reflect all force used by the department. A TRR documents the actions of an officer and civilian subject in an encounter where the officer used a substantial physical force or the civilian alleged that they were injured by the officer. CPD directives call for officers to assess the level of resistance that a person is displaying (ranging from not following officer commands to threatening an officer with deadly force) and to respond with an appropriate level of force. TRRs are reviewed and approved by CPD supervisors.
Settlement data is from 2011-2019 and was compiled by the staff of The Chicago Reporter.
Major Awards include only awards B-G from this list in the CPD Directives Special Order S01-01-01 “DESCRIPTION OF AND ELIGIBILITY FOR DEPARTMENT AWARDS.”
Percentiles are based on an officer's major awards per year of service in the CPD. This means that an officer with seven major awards in two years (3.5 per year) will have a higher percentile than another officer with 12 major awards in 12 years on the force (1 per year). We do not count years of service for periods in which we do not have data. Officers with less than a year of service are also excluded.
Percentiles are based on an officer's honorable mentions per year of service in the CPD. This means that an officer with seven honorable mentions in two years (3.5 per year) will have a higher percentile than another officer with 12 honorable mentions in 12 years on the force (1 per year). We do not count years of service for periods in which we do not have data. Officers with less than a year of service are also excluded.
Historic rank data is very imperfect.
This field provides the CPD unit an officer was assigned to at a given point in time. Officers are often detailed from their assigned unit to a second unit for periods of time ranging from a few days to months at a time. This means that an officer assigned to the Third District (Unit 003) might spend weeks outside of the district while detailed to the Narcotics Division (Unit 189).
