CPD Overhauls Crucial Training Program That Senior Officials Once Called ‘A Hot Mess’

By Jason Marck, Meha Ahmad
Chicago Police Department Office of Reform Management Director Christina Anderson (left), Chief of Organizational Development Barbara West and Office of Reform Management Commander Daniel Godsel
Chicago Police Department Office of Reform Management Director Christina Anderson (left), Chief of Organizational Development Barbara West and Office of Reform Management Commander Daniel Godsel discuss the department’s consent decree efforts at CPD headquarters Tuesday. A new court report finds the city has missed ¾ of its deadlines. WBEZ/Patrick Smith
Chicago Police Department Office of Reform Management Director Christina Anderson (left), Chief of Organizational Development Barbara West and Office of Reform Management Commander Daniel Godsel
Chicago Police Department Office of Reform Management Director Christina Anderson (left), Chief of Organizational Development Barbara West and Office of Reform Management Commander Daniel Godsel discuss the department’s consent decree efforts at CPD headquarters Tuesday. A new court report finds the city has missed ¾ of its deadlines. WBEZ/Patrick Smith

CPD Overhauls Crucial Training Program That Senior Officials Once Called ‘A Hot Mess’

By Jason Marck, Meha Ahmad
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For decades, the Chicago Police Department’s field training program has been in shambles. But officials say they’re turning it around.

Reset sits down with WBEZ criminal justice reporter Patrick Smith to take a look at CPD’s efforts to overhaul the program that could determine the future of policing in Chicago.