Two Chicago Police Department sergeants and four officers failed to properly investigate after a vehicle driven by a Chicago Fire Department employee struck and killed an individual, according to the city’s watchdog.
Inspector General Deborah Witzburg did not conclude in the report released Wednesday that the CPD members deliberately covered up the fatal crash. Instead, Witzburg found that their actions prevented her office from “conducting a full and complete investigation of the incident” and resulted in “potentially pivotal information” not being communicated to CPD investigators, according to the report.
None of the CPD members involved in the incident were identified in the inspector general’s report, in keeping with the city’s rules. Five of the six officers had a rule violation noted in their personnel records, according to Witzburg’s report…