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Chicago Officer Under COPA Investigation After Wicker Park Bar Assault Allegation

The alleged assault intensifies scrutiny of Carlos Baker’s conduct, fueling calls for transparency over sealed June shooting records.

The Chicago Police Department logo hangs on the outside of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters on Dec. 1, 2023. (Talia Sprague/Chicago Tribune)
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Overview

  • Officer Carlos Baker is being investigated by COPA for an alleged attack on an off-duty female officer at DKTRKT Bar & Grill, where she suffered facial injuries and received treatment at Rush University Medical Center.
  • The injured officer filed a police report stating Baker and another woman demanded she delete videos from her phone before striking her in the facial area, but no arrests have been made.
  • This new allegation adds to a pattern of more than a dozen misconduct complaints lodged against Baker since he joined the Chicago Police Department in December 2021.
  • A Cook County court order continues to block the release of body-camera and investigative records from the June 5 fatal shooting of Officer Krystal Rivera, with journalists and watchdog groups seeking to unseal the files.
  • Rivera’s family continues to demand an independent Illinois State Police investigation and full release of unedited footage from the June incident.