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Chicago Police Officer William Cozzi's Police Board Files

Files related to Officer William Cozzi's hearing in front of the Chicago Police Board

The files below pertain to Officer Cozzi's hearing in front of the Chicago Police Board. Chicago Police Officer William Cozzi Officer Cozzi was caught on video tape assaulting an individual. The Chicago Police Board overruled the Chicago Police Superintendent's recommendation to terminate Cozzi's employment and instead suspended Cozzi for two years.

Cozzi in a plea deal with Cook County prosecutors pled guilty to misdemeanor battery for this actions. Superintendent Weis, upon learning that Cozzi's suspension was due to expire and that Cozzi planned on returning to his former job asked federal authorities to investigate the case. Cozzi eventually pled guilty in federal court and is now serving 40 months in federal prison in Colorado. The federal charges have brought rebuke from rank and file officers who believe that Cozzi's case passed through state officials and should never have gone to the federal level. You can read about the case in the documents below or follow the links to media coverage of the entire case.

Coverage of the case:

Read CJP's Perspective in: Officer William Cozzi & the Chicago Police Board
CBS report about Cozzi federal plea deal on You Tube.
NBC Chicago Story
Chicagoist Story

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Anonymous User May 19, 2010 01:21 AM

It is my deepest desire that this bum get a beating in jail that leaves him in a wheel chair. The corrupt, Nazi mentality of the CPD was a main reason for leaving Chicago.
May he, and all who whine for him rot in hell

Anonymous User May 18, 2011 03:49 AM

Cozzi's action, while appearing grotesque to a liberal minded social Pollyanna, did indeed quell the actions of a drunk and abusive miscreant who along with the other miscreants, would run amok in this alleged "utopian" society in which these Pollyannas would hope to create. Be careful what you wish for. Society wouldn't know how to protect any life or property if you get that wish. Anarchy would rule. But, then again, isn't that what a liberal always wanted anyway? Anarchy?