(CHICAGO) — Leaders of the city’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability say they have been unable to identify any victim in their investigation of allegations that at least one officer engaged in a sexual act with a migrant at the 10th district police station. But since the investigation began, COPA says another allegation has surfaced, this time at the 19th district station. The identity of the officer and alleged victim in the second case is also not known.
Most of the details contained in the original complaint remain out of public view and it’s still not clear if any officers have been stripped of their powers.
Last week, Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara called the allegations “BS.”
“From the jump we had pretty strong suspicions it was an anonymous complaint that was BS and I can just give you two simple caveats on why we know this is true,” Catanzara told The Steve Cochran Show on WLS-AM. “Number one, there’s never been a case report generated for the actual crime that’s been implied. That tells me, one, it’s suspicious at best. What tells me it’s BS is that no officer has been relieved of their police powers, what, two week’s plus now and counting? And if that had any iota of truth, COPA and the superintendent would have moved to remove police powers and sent an officer to desk duty somewhere else.”
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