CHICAGO – A new pilot program in the Chicago Police Department’s 7th District allows officers to file felony gun charges without a felony review process from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
However, the program is already raising questions in the Englewood neighborhood where it will be deployed.
Right now, Chicago police have to clear all felony charges except drug cases with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office before they are filed, but in the 7th District, that’s not the case anymore with gun possession cases…