The policy was approved after the Chicago Police Department (CPD) investigated officers who were found to have connections to far right, white supremacist groups - including the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and Three Percenters - but took little action.
While the CPD general orders already prohibit officers from "membership in or affiliation with criminal organizations and from association with known members of criminal organizations," Chicago police officials have said that joining extremist groups like the Oath Keepers does not constitute a rule violation. The policy change would broaden this rule to prohibit officer association with "biased" organizations, like hate and extremist groups.
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