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Richard W. Bolling

Case #: 11PB2751
Employee #: 16517
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- 11PB2751_Order.pdf

Recommendation Termination
Decision Resignation
Length of process 12 months June 07, 2011 to May 31, 2012 Closed

Investigative Agency Not Specified

Charged with violating 1 rule on 1 count

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Rule 1	1 count	Violation of any law or ordinance. Count 1 Not Guilty On June 7, 2011, the Superintendent of Police filed with the Police Board of the City of Chicago charges against Police Officer Richard W. Bolling, Star No. 16517, recommending that the he be discharged from the Chicago Police Department for violating several Rules of Conduct.

Rule 1

1 count

Violation of any law or ordinance.

Board Member Votes & Decisions

Majority Decision

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Agreed with the final decision of the board

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Disagreed with the final decision of the board

0 did not vote

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Minority Opinions

It is important to understand the cases detailed here are a significant minority of the total complaints filed against officers. A typical year sees about 3–5% of complaints against officers result in a sustained finding of misconduct. A very small percentage of those sustained findings result in discipline that would require the police board to get involved. The data used for this website is taken directly from Police Board documents. The documents were obtained through the Illinois Freedom of Information act. All the documents used as the basis of this website are available for download from the individual case pages. The Chicago Justice Project is an independent transparency organization and is not affiliated in any way with the Chicago Police Board or any other justice agency in Chicago or Cook County.

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