# Committee on Police and Fire meeting, December 11, 2025 - When: Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 11:30 AM (Chicago time) - Where: City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street - Chicago, IL 60602 - Status: Scheduled & Published - Committee: [Committee on Police and Fire](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/police-and-fire) - Video: https://vimeo.com/showcase/9823060?video=1145351061 - Transcript: [full text](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/transcripts/1145351061.txt) (2,571 words, automatic captions) ## 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 Committee on Police and Fire established a quorum, approved remote participation under Rule 59, and heard two public commenters. The committee approved its Rule 45 report. The only agenda item was an ordinance for a grant of goods agreement with the Commercial Club Foundation to support the Chicago Police Department, which a Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Detectives described as a $2 million in-kind grant to build a digital forensics training center and lab at Belmont and Western. Members asked what the agreement would do, where the work is currently done, who owns the building, and whether cash is involved, and spoke in support of the investment. The ordinance was recommended for passage on a voice vote, to be reported to the City Council. Topics: digital forensics training center, Commercial Club Foundation grant, Chicago Police Department, case clearance rates, public comment ### Agenda items discussed - [24:13](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=1453) Rule 59 requests for remote participation: passed - [25:12](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=1512) Public comment - [31:51](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=1911) Approval of the Rule 45 report: passed - [32:21](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=1941) Grant of goods agreement with Commercial Club Foundation to support the Chicago Police Department (digital forensics training center): passed ### Alderpersons who spoke - [Chris Taliaferro](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/29) (chair) - [Jeanette B. Taylor](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/20) (alderperson): Asked that the item not be passed before the deputy chief explained what the agreement means. ([34:25](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2065)); Asked where digital forensics training is currently done. ([36:19](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2179)); Asked who owns the building where the center would be located and what other work is done in that space. ([36:43](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2203)) - [Nicole T. Lee](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/11) (alderperson): Asked to confirm that the $2 million is in-kind equipment and goods with no cash involved. ([37:47](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2267)); Asked the deputy chief to state on the record the importance of forensics to solving cases and the training and revenue the center would create. ([38:03](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2283)); Described a camera network built by a Chinatown neighborhood watch in the 11th Ward, thanked the Commercial Club Foundation, and supported the motion to pass. ([39:03](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2343)) - [Derrick G. Curtis](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/18) (alderperson): Said the center is a good investment because CPD previously had to wait for state or federal labs to process forensics. ([39:54](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2394)) ### Exchanges between members - [34:33](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2073) Taylor asked the chair to have the agreement explained before it was passed. - [37:32](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2252) Taylor thanked the chair after her questions were answered. - [37:44](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2264) The chair thanked Taylor. - [39:43](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2383) Lee repeated Sposato's motion for do pass on the item. - [40:30](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2430) Curtis thanked the chair after his statement. - [40:32](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30?t=2432) The chair thanked Curtis. ## Documents - [Agenda](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/27ba4f0f-c097-40f2-af51-50eb4e51b01b.pdf) - [Summary](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/0d92439f-0e70-48d7-924d-3f69ee217638.pdf) - [Notice](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/8ea75d74-686c-426b-a0cc-45d261bd3661.pdf) --- Source: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/651E9537-5BD4-F011-8543-001DD8041B30 ยท Chicago Politics, an independent, nonpartisan tracker of the Chicago City Council. 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