IPRA recommends the firing of a Chicago police officer involved in a shooting - Chicago Reader

For the first time in its history, the Independent Police Review Authority has recommended that a Chicago police officer involved in a shooting be separated from the force. IPRA found that officer Francisco Perez, who was off-duty and working security for a restaurant when he witnessed a drive-by shooting on North Ashland in 2011, was "inattentive to duty" for shooting 16 times at the wrong car. Since its inception in 2007, IPRA has investigated at least 231 officer-involved shootings and found only a handful to have been unjustified. Previously, the most severe penalty IPRA had ever recommended for a shooting by an officer was a 20-day suspension. Perez's fate is now in the hands of police superintendent Garry McCarthy and the Chicago Police Board. If McCarthy proposes a discipline less than separation or disputes IPRA's findings, a police board panel may review the case. If the superintendent concurs with IPRA, Officer Perez can get a hearing before the full police board. " Rottner said Perez was reassigned to desk duty in April. The desk is getting crowded with officers who have shooting cases pending. Source: www.chicagoreader.com