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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Commission members listen as a police commander explains the varying levels of disciplinary measures within the department. From left: Commission member Kate Watson Moss, commission member Barry Miller,  EPD Office of Professional Standards commander Aaron Wernick, commission member Samuel Jones

Bodycam footage leads Evanston’s Citizen Police Review Commission to sign off on investigation into alleged rule violations by officers

July 17, 2023

On Wednesday, the Citizen Police Review Commission of Evanston voted that an internal police department investigation into alleged rule violations by two officers was “complete, thorough, objective and...

Evanston Police Chief Demitrous Cook. Cook answered questions about the role of the Citizens Police Review Commission in citizen complaint reviews at Wednesday’s commission meeting.

Citizens Police Review Commission examines citizen complaint process in first meeting

August 5, 2020

Evanston’s Citizens Police Review Commission, discussed the citizen complaint process at its initial meeting on Wednesday.  The commission, a subcommittee of Human Services, was instituted in Oct....

Police Chief Demitrous Cook. Cook emphasized the importance of residents having options when it comes to ways they can file police complaints.

Mayor Hagerty discusses complaint process during policing Q&A

August 3, 2020

Mayor Steve Hagerty hosted a discussion on the police complaint process on Monday, the fifth in a series of Q&As highlighting policing practices in Evanston. Residents can make police complaints...

Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th). The city approved a budget with a one percent property tax increase Monday, but Fleming said the city should also draw funding from the University’s $1 million Good Neighbor Racial Equity Fund.

Human Services Committee discusses new ways Evanston residents could file police complaints

March 2, 2020

Evanston Police Chief Demitrous Cook and Sergeant Aaron Wernick reported new ways residents may file police complaints to the Human Services Committee on Monday. Cook began the presentation by informing...

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