Wendy A. Williams

  • Recommendation Termination
  • Decision Termination
  • Length of process over 2 years June 07, 2016 to December 13, 2018 Closed
  • Investigative Agency Not Specified

Charged with violating 2 rules on 20 counts

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Rule 14 10 counts

Making a false report, written or oral.

Rule 2 10 counts

Any action or conduct which impedes the Department's efforts to achieve its policy and goals or brings discredit upon the Department.

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The Police Board of the City of Chicago, having read and reviewed the record of proceedings in this case, having viewed the video-recording of the testimony of the witnesses, having received the oral report of the Hearing Officer, and having conferred with the Hearing Officer on the credibility of the witnesses and the evidence, hereby adopts the findings set forth herein by the following votes:
By votes of 9 in favor (Ghian Foreman, Paula Wolff, Eva-Dina Delgado, Michael Eaddy, Steve Flores, John P. O’Malley Jr., John H. Simpson, Rhoda D. Sweeney, and Andrea L. Zopp) to 0 opposed, the Board finds the Respondent guilty of violating Rule 2 and Rule 14, as set forth in paragraph nos. 5 through 14 above.
As a result of the foregoing, the Board, by a vote of 9 in favor (Foreman, Wolff, Delgado, Eaddy, Flores, O’Malley, Simpson, Sweeney, and Zopp) to 0 opposed, hereby determines that cause exists for discharging the Respondent from her position as a police officer with the Department of Police, and from the services of the City of Chicago.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Respondent, Police Officer Wendy A. Williams, Star No. 19091, as a result of having been found guilty of all charges in Police Board Case No. 18 PB 2942, be and hereby is discharged from her position as a police officer with the Department of Police, and from the services of the City of Chicago.
This disciplinary action is adopted and entered by a majority of the members of the Police Board: Ghian Foreman, Paula Wolff, Eva-Dina Delgado, Michael Eaddy, Steve Flores, John P. O’Malley Jr., John H. Simpson, Rhoda D. Sweeney, and Andrea L. Zopp.
DATED AT CHICAGO, COUNTY OF COOK, STATE OF ILLINOIS, THIS 13th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2018.

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