CHICAGO—President of Chicago’s largest police union (Fraternal Order of Police) John Catanzara said Chicago Police Department’s new foot chase policy is a de facto “no foot chase policy.” In a video addressing his union members last Friday, Catanzara said foot chase is inherently dangerous and injuries could easily occur, such as when the offender steps into a pothole. If police officers could be subjected to disciplinary actions for offender’s injuries, they might as well just not do it, he said. “No proactive policing going forward, unless you absolutely, on view, [see] a shooting or a violent felony—that is the only exception to that policy going forward,” Catanzara said in the video. Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown unveiled the new foot chase policy last Wednesday, in the wake of the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a Chicago police officer during a foot chase. The body camera footage showed the officer fired a shot into Toledo’s chest after Toledo dropped …
Chicago Police Union President Says New Foot Chase Policy Discourages Proactive Policing
June 2, 2021
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