The move by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office comes weeks after WBEZ and the Sun-Times identified officers who appeared on leaked membership rolls for the anti-government group.
The policy was approved by a civilian-led oversight panel after CPD investigated but took little action against cops with connections to extremist groups.
The Stephenson County sheriff says Chief Deputy Andrew Schroeder’s association with Oath Keepers was “brief” and he is an “exemplary” cop. But other officials in the county remain concerned.
The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability will vote Thursday whether to push for the city’s OIG to investigate cops named on an Oath Keepers list.
Jyran Mitchell was injured when he was wrongfully detained by an Illinois state trooper with ties to extremism. The officer was one of a dozen outside Chicago whose names appeared on an Oath Keepers membership list.