Cop's Obama slur shows Chicago police need better anti-discrimination rules, IPRA says

The Chicago Tribune reports:

The Chicago Police Department needs a policy that makes it clear that members are prohibited from engaging in racial or other discrimination, according to a recommendation from the department's oversight agency.

The recommendation — the first from Independent Police Review Authority chief administrator Sharon Fairley — stems from a decision announced last week in which the agency suggested firing a 12th District officer who referred to President Barack Obama with a racial slur in October.

The officer's derogatory remark allegedly was made while Obama was in town to attend a Chicago Bulls game and the officers were deciding who would work on his detail, according to IPRA spokeswoman Mia Sissac.

Fairley also said other officers and a sergeant in the room at the time "were not as forthcoming as they should be" about the remark in interviews with IPRA, a troubling allegation for a Police Department already accused of operating under a code of silence.

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