Joint Committee: Public Safety; Police and Fire meeting, October 7, 2026

When: Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 1:15 PM (Chicago time)
Where: City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street - Chicago, IL 60602
Status: Scheduled & Published
Video: https://vimeo.com/1233832827
Transcript: full text (9,447 words, automatic captions)

Video chapters

2:03 Rule 59 remote participation request for Alderperson Taylor
2:28 Public comment
13:00 Office of the Inspector General's annual public safety report (2025)
39:39 James M. Gardiner: Asked how much overtime went toward protests in Chicago.
40:49 Angela Clay: Asked whether the report shows one person working 2,385.5 overtime hours, and asked if that was…
42:59 Maria E. Hadden: Asked for an explanation of what felony review is.
53:45 Chris Taliaferro: Said overtime hour figures can be misleading because of minimum court-time pay and…
56:01 Matthew J. Martin: Cited dashboard figures showing overtime falling from $339M in 2023 to $285M in 2025, and…
57:41 Matthew J. Martin: Said exceeding the $200M overtime budget is not ideal, more work is needed, and asked OIG…
58:22 Matthew J. Martin: Asked what is preventing civilianization of positions such as timekeepers held by sworn…
1:05:00 James M. Gardiner: Said 45th Ward residents are concerned about overtime paid for protests and asked for…
1:06:23 Chris Taliaferro: Told Alderperson James M. Gardiner he would check whether CPD breaks down overtime by…
1:06:42 James M. Gardiner: Said protests such as those to defund the police increased police overtime costs, and…
1:07:22 Chris Taliaferro: Asked whether OIG still oversees the fire department and whether a similar annual report…
1:08:10 Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth: Asked whether civilianization would correlate with a decrease in overtime.
1:09:01 Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth: Asked whether part of the department is already civilianizing, and whether OIG could…

Meeting notes

AI-written from the transcript. Speakers are inferred from cues in the recording, so treat names as estimates and check the video at the linked time.

The joint Committee on Police and Fire and Committee on Public Safety established a quorum, approved remote participation for Alderperson Jeanette B. Taylor, heard three public commenters, and approved the Rule 45 report for the December 2, 2025 meeting. The only agenda item was the Office of Inspector General's 2025 Public Safety Annual Report, presented by Deputy Inspector General Tabara Richardson with Inspector General David Glockner. The presentation covered: (1) evaluations of CPD's hate crimes response, disciplinary record keeping, and the gun offender registration ordinance; (2) the review of 1,127 BIA and COPA misconduct investigations; and (3) new public safety dashboards on crime and police overtime. Members asked about police overtime, including one member who worked 2,385.5 extra hours, felony review and airport staffing overtime, whether overtime for protests is tracked, civilianization, and the scope of the Workforce Allocation Study. The report was discussed with no vote, and the meeting adjourned.

Topics: OIG Public Safety Annual Report, police overtime, police discipline and accountability, civilianization, public safety dashboards, public comment

Agenda items discussed

2:03 Rule 59 request for Alderperson Jeanette B. Taylor to participate remotely: passed
2:28 Public comment: discussed
12:29 Approval of Rule 45 report for December 2, 2025 meeting: passed
13:00 Office of the Inspector General 2025 Public Safety Annual Report: discussed
1:11:45 Adjournment: passed

Alderpersons who spoke

Chris Taliaferro (chair): Said overtime hour figures can be misleading because of minimum court-time pay and time-and-a-half, citing his own police experience, while noting the money is real. (53:45); Told Alderperson James M. Gardiner he would check whether CPD breaks down overtime by festivals, events, protests and street takeovers. (1:06:23); Asked whether OIG still oversees the fire department and whether a similar annual report covers it; was told the public safety report covers only CPD, COPA and the Police Board. (1:07:22)
Angela Clay (alderperson): Asked whether the report shows one person working 2,385.5 overtime hours, and asked if that was even possible. (40:49)
Maria E. Hadden (alderperson): Asked for an explanation of what felony review is. (42:59)
James M. Gardiner (alderperson): Asked how much overtime went toward protests in Chicago. (39:39); Said 45th Ward residents are concerned about overtime paid for protests and asked for those figures through the chair. (1:05:00); Said protests such as those to defund the police increased police overtime costs, and that his residents want to know how much funding goes to responding to protests. (1:06:42)
Matthew J. Martin (alderperson): Cited dashboard figures showing overtime falling from $339M in 2023 to $285M in 2025, and asked why the year-over-year decline is leveling off. (56:01); Said exceeding the $200M overtime budget is not ideal, more work is needed, and asked OIG to keep focusing on the issue. (57:41); Asked what is preventing civilianization of positions such as timekeepers held by sworn officers, which he said was raised in a 2013 OIG report. (58:22)
Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (alderperson): Asked whether civilianization would correlate with a decrease in overtime. (1:08:10); Asked whether part of the department is already civilianizing, and whether OIG could report on its impact on overtime. (1:09:01)

Exchanges between members

41:05 Clay thanked her colleague from the 49th Ward regarding the overtime question.
1:06:23 The chair told Gardiner he would check whether overtime data is broken down by protests and street takeovers.
1:06:42 Gardiner agreed with the chair about including teen takeovers.
1:08:14 Manaa-Hoppenworth thanked Martin for asking questions about civilianization.

Documents

Agenda
Summary
[Notice](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/b5534279-15d5-4ce9-beb7-3cba1601ee66. sep 3)

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