The Chicago Police Department and the Commission are collaborating on a new traffic stops policy that could be incorporated into the Consent Decree. The policy would govern how CPD conducts, reviews, and trains officers on traffic stops, and it would lay out how the policy would be assessed and potentially modified in the future.  

Included below are the following: 

• Link to CPD's April 2025 draft traffic stops policy. CPD Traffic Stops Policy
• CCPSA's April 21, 2025 response to CPD's draft policy. The Commission's response includes both a policy markup and a memo from Commissioners detailing their recomendations on various policy topics. Proposed additions to the policy are marked green. Proposed deletions are marked red.  CCPSA Response to CPD Policy

These are first drafts of this traffic stop policy.  The Commission will continue to solicit community feedback. You can access the feedback form to provide input regarding traffic stop policy by clicking this link or with the QR Code below

The Community Commission for Public Safety & Accountability (CCPSA) is hosting a series of meetings across Chicago to gather community input on Traffic Stops.   

We are looking for community members to share their experiences with traffic stops and provide feedback on potential changes to the Chicago Police Department’s practices and what could be included in the policy on traffic stops. 

CCPSA Feedback Forms – Public Posting

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.

• The Traffic Stop Statistical Study (S04-14-09) is a policy that details how CPD members should collect data that is included in the State of Illinois Traffic Stop Statistical Study.
• The Investigatory Stop System (S04-13-09) is a policy which details where CPD members should document vehicular, pedestrian, and other types of stops.
• Prohibitions regarding Racial Profiling and other Biased Based Policing (G02-04) is relevant to police-initiated stops.