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The meeting has adjourned at 6:34pm. The next meeting is August 8, 2025 at 6pm.
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“The young man who is in the hospital, the family has a gofundme,” Smith said. Smith goes onto say that the mother of Marjay Dotson [says that] she wants the community to show up in court to ensure that the lifeguard is prosecuted.
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Smith mentions the shooting of two teenagers in Douglas Park, by a lifeguard. Read more here
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Dominguez mentions opportunities around the district to introduce herself. She is brainstorming ideas on where people meet around the district. She is currently providing a few crime stats.
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Dominguez shares a few updates. She mentioned a meeting that she attended. She also mentions a survey of what community members would like to see.
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Rosemarie Dominguez, Community Engagement and Bahena are discussing the possibilities for target outreach. The timeline for outreach is to begin around September/October of this year.
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Elianne Bahena, Nominating Committee, is providing updates. In 2026, there will be vacancies for a few commissioners. The next nominating meeting is July 19th 2025. Read more in the summary report.
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The meeting started at 6:10pm. Police District Council Chairwoman Kiisha Smith makes opening comments. At this time, no one has signed up for public comment. The minutes for May 9th, 2025 have been approved.
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The 10th police district consists of the following neighborhoods: Near West Side, Garfield Ridge, North Lawndale, South Lawndale, and Lower West Side. Read more here
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The purpose of the community commission for public safety and accountability (CCPSA) is to “bring police officers and Chicago residents together to plan, prioritize, and build mutual trust; strengthen the police accountability system.” . Read more at
chicago.gov
In July 2021, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance creating a new model for police oversight, accountability, and public safety.
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Hello, I’ll be covering tonight’s meeting for the 010th Police District Council. This meeting is taking place at St. Agatha Church (3147 W Douglas Blvd) starting at 6pm. @CHIdocumenters.#CHIDocumenters.
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The meeting adjourned at 7:26pm and the next meeting will be July 30th, 2025.
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Another person shares that she would like to see more communication between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), other federal agencies and Chicago Police Department. Her sentiment come from people being detained.
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(Cont) She also says that there is an option to not arrest people and that fines can be “devastating” to low income families.
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During the public comment portion, two people mentioned their concerns. One person expresses her concern for the snap curfew ordinance and how “practical” it will be. She mentions how difficult it is to tell the difference between and 18yr old and a 19yr old. (See next post).
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Vogel, provides updates for Denise E. McBroom – Police District Council member. McBroom is not present at tonight’s meeting.
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Vogel also mentions working with youth led organizations to discuss the snap curfew ordinance. Read more about it here:
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Vogel provides community updates. She was able to work with different districts and represented the 9th police council district in the police council district quarterly meeting.
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Vogel mentioned previously working with an organization and how residents felt overpoliced.
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