The Daily Northwestern
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25th June 2021
Last July, former City Clerk Devon Reid implemented a police transparency policy. Almost a year later, the city has yet to follow it.
Last July, Devon Reid, Evanston’s city clerk at the time, announced a policy he claimed would increase police transparency: publishing Evanston Police Department misconduct and use of force records on the city website.
In an interview with The Daily, Reid said the policy is important for holding the police accountable and also improving future police behavior. But it has been almost a year since the policy was announced, and no such records have been released. Instead, the policy has been the s