Dan Mihalopoulos | WBEZ
Investigative reporter, WBEZ Government & Politics Team
The Stephenson County sheriff says Chief Deputy Andrew Schroeder’s association with Oath Keepers was “brief” and that he is an “exemplary” cop. Other officials in the county remain concerned.
The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability will vote Thursday on asking the city’s inspector general to investigate cops named on an Oath Keepers list.
Supt. Larry Snelling and other brass did not explain the department’s lack of action since a membership list was leaked two years ago.
The Oath Keepers’ membership rolls included an Illinois state trooper, a campus cop for the University of Illinois Chicago and an officer in a village known as “America’s First Black Town.”
The Oath Keepers’ membership rolls included an Illinois state trooper, a campus cop for the University of Illinois Chicago and an officer in a village known as “America’s First Black Town.”
When Chicago cops joined the KKK 55 years ago, the department moved quickly to fire them.
A new civilian oversight panel is working with Chicago police on a policy that would bar officers from joining hate and extremist groups.
A new civilian oversight panel is working with Chicago police on a policy that would bar officers from joining hate and extremist groups.
Reporters with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ filed more than 200 open records requests with the Chicago Police Department and other law enforcement agencies across Illinois.