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Rancor among the staff at the Civilian Office of Police Accountability was the driving force behind the recent effort to remove the agency’s former chief administrator, Andrea Kersten, records obtained by the Tribune show.
The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability — the city body overseeing the leaders of COPA, the Chicago Police Department and police board — wrote Kersten on Jan. 28 to tell her of a planned no-confidence vote regarding her overseeing COPA.
Persistent complaints and concerns about oversight within COPA, the agency’s workplace culture, the quality of investigations, as well as Kersten’s own public statements and appearances were chief among the reasons highlighted by CCPSA.
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