The Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) is investigating allegations that Chicago police officers engaged in sexual misconduct with migrants living at station.
The allegation identified a specific officer and accused that officer of having sexual conduct with an underaged female migrant. The tipster also indicated several other officers in the 10th District may have engaged in similar misconduct, Kersten added.
The agency learned that although the source of the initial allegation was unknown, information was circulating among various police department and Office of Emergency Management Communication employees. Later that evening, two tracking numbers were assigned to the investigations into Chicago Police Department misconduct — one for COPA’s investigation and the other for the Bureau of Internal Affairs’ potential investigation.
Kersten said the agency allocated significant resources into determining whether any wrongdoing took place and to identify who reported the allegations. Migrants are led from one bus to another after arriving from Texas at Union Station on Sept. 9, 2022, in Chicago.reported that according to reports, four officers allegedly engaged in sexual relations with migrants living at the Ogden District police station.
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