Police oversight panel asks OIG to investigate CPD ties to extremist …

Members of the Community Commission For Public Safety and Accountability voted unanimously Thursday night to recommend the Office of Inspector General to investigate nine Chicago police officers and their alleged involvement in extremist and hate-based organizations. 

“We think that in order to restore that trust and actually rebuild it, you actually have to have an independent and neutral body investigating it,” CCPSA president Anthony Driver said. “I have full faith in Chief Talley of the Internal of Bureau Affairs they do a good job but we think its important that there’s an independent and neutral person who is leading that investigation.”

Driver told NBC Chicago the allegations are disturbing as first reported by the Chicago Sun Times.

“We’re trying to turn the page here. There’s a terrible history in the city of Chicago when it comes to policing,” he said. “We’re trying to actually move forward and do a better job and I think that…