COPA acknowledges complaint against Chicago police officer for alleged sex with migrant housed at station; Gov. Pritzker calls matter ‘horrific,’ if true
The Chicago Police Department 10th District station is seen July 7, 2023. CPD said internal affairs, as well as the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, had opened an investigation into allegations that at least one officer assigned to the Ogden District engaged in sexual relations with a migrant living at the station.
of sexual misconduct by at least one officer involving a migrant housed at a West Side police station.In a statement issued Friday, COPA First Deputy Chief Administrator Ephraim Eaddy said the agency alerted CPD internal affairs upon receipt of the complaint against “members” of the department. Also a focus was whether some of the migrants allegedly involved in the matter were minors, sources with knowledge of the internal review said. A CPD spokesperson did not address questions about when the investigation began or if any officers were stripped of their police powers.
“In fact, what we’re trying to do is make sure that people get rental assistance so they can go have a real apartment to live in, especially families,” Pritzker said. “It a terrible thing and I hope there’s a full investigation as fast as possible, and if there is wrongdoing they ought to be held accountable immediately.”
Many of those migrants have found themselves seeking shelter in Chicago police stations, as information about the conditions at city shelters has circulated. City officials this week said more than 5,000 migrants are currently being housed in city shelters and nearly 800 were awaiting placement at police stations.
On Friday, migrants staying at the Ogden station said they first learned of the allegation when they saw television news cameras.Inside the station, his family and a few others were behind blue police barricades and surrounded by yellow crime scene tape on the windows. Most slept on the ground.“Our migrant neighbors came to Chicago seeking safety and stability,” Garcia said.
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