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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


Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) at Monday’s Human Services Committee meeting. Braithwaite emphasized the need for members of the proposed Citizen Police Review Commission to sign confidentiality forms agreeing not to share information they hear in closed sessions outside of the commission.

City Council to consider creation of Citizen Police Review Commission

October 7, 2019

Evanston’s Human Services Committee recommended Monday that City Council approve a City Code addition that would create a Citizen Police Review Commission. The proposed addition to the City Code,...

An Evanston Police Department officer. EPD received a report recommending staffing reviews and increased use of technology to increase department efficiency.

EPD efficiency report recommends staffing review, technology exploitation

November 14, 2018

An efficiency report recommends that the Evanston Police Department review its supervisory and command staffing. The report — which was completed in October by Hillard Heintze, a security risk management...

Equity and Empowerment Commission chair Jane Grover at a city meeting. The commission believes its proposed equity framework can help solve issues that arose from city-wide cuts due to Evanston’s projected $7.4 million deficit.

Equity framework could alleviate harmful budget impacts, commission says

October 26, 2018

As resident concerns rise over department cuts in the 2019 proposed budget, the Equity and Empowerment Commission said their proposed equity framework could alleviate harmful impacts from budgeting decisions. The...

Northwestern’s campus in Evanston. Members of the Mayor’s Climate Action Resilience Plan Working Group on Tuesday delayed a vote on their climate action plan.

Approval of sustainability plan delayed pending final revisions

October 9, 2018

The Mayor’s Climate Action Resilience Plan Working Group on Tuesday delayed a vote to approve its sustainability plan because final revisions have yet to be completed. Members delayed the vote until...

Daily file photo by Zack Laurence. An Evanston Police Department squad car. The Human Services Committee will review the department’s Use of Force report on Monday.

Human Services to review EPD Use of Force report, police chief hiring process

September 30, 2018

Aldermen will review the Evanston Police Department’s annual Use of Force report and receive updates to the police chief hiring process at Monday’s Human Services Committee meeting. In 2018, the...

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