Interference With Public Officer reports in Chicago

Encounter-generated reports

Interference With Public Officer rows typically start in an interaction with a peace officer: resisting, obstructing, or similar IUCR codes when that is the primary type on the public extract. They are not a substitute for battery against an officer (which may be filed as Battery) and not a substitute for a civilian complaint register tally. The 1,525 count is this primary type only.

Because the type is encounter-based, volume can follow stop, arrest, and demonstration activity. This packet does not include a stop count, so none is quoted. Read 1,525 as report volume, not as a verdict on any protest or any neighborhood.

Resisting and obstructing language, when present, lives on IUCR codes inside the 1,525 rows among 410,083 city incidents (about 0.4 percent). This packet has no code subtotal. Filter the overlay. Battery of an officer, if filed as Battery, sits on the battery hub.

Cite 1,525 with the 410,083 city denominator (about 0.4 percent). Encounter-generated types move with deployment. This packet has no stop count, so none is quoted next to 1,525. The overlay table remains the row-level source.

Share of the Chicago extract

At 1,525 reports among 410,083 city incidents, the type is a small share (about 0.4 percent). It still belongs on a complete IUCR list because it is how CPD labeled those events. Official community area names are the city's 77 areas.

Maps often follow where officers wrote reports, which can be streets, stations, or event sites. Block-level pins are not identifications of residents. Do not treat a cluster as a character ranking of a community area.

COPA and internal-affairs files answer different questions. They are not 1,525 crime-incident rows. Quote the IUCR primary type when that is the question. LocalCrimeVault does not merge complaint registers into this extract.

Battery stays on the battery hub. COPA stays in the complaint system. This page is IUCR primary type Interference With Public Officer only. Official community area names are the 77 areas. An arrest flag is not a conviction. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.

Reading the table

Filter the 1,525 rows by date and community area. IUCR codes and descriptions show the specific charge language CPD published. Arrest flags are common on some interference series, but this packet has no arrest subtotal, so none is quoted. An arrest flag is still not a conviction.

LocalCrimeVault does not merge these rows with battery, weapons violation, or public peace violation. If CPD assigned those primary types, they sit on those hubs.

Demonstration days can cluster these reports. This packet has no protest-day subtotal. Filter the table by date if you need a window. Official community area names are the 77-area system. Block-level pins are not identifications of residents. An arrest flag is not a conviction.

Reports, not disciplinary files

Civilian Office of Police Accountability complaints, internal affairs files, and court cases are different systems. They are not the 1,525 IUCR incident rows. Quote this page for CPD primary type Interference With Public Officer in the indexed extract of 410,083 Chicago reports.

CPD and the City of Chicago publish the incidents. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.

Chicago hub placement

The interference with public officer type hub holds the live table. The Chicago hub places these 1,525 rows beside the rest of the IUCR mix. A cross-city page follows other agencies' resisting-or-obstructing labels, which may not match Illinois IUCR.

Cite 1,525 as Chicago Police Department incident rows with IUCR primary type Interference With Public Officer among 410,083 city reports (about 0.4 percent). The type is encounter-related: resisting, obstructing, and related codes as CPD labeled them. It is not COPA caseload and not automatically battery of an officer.

Battery remains a separate IUCR type. If CPD assigned Battery, the row sits on that hub. This page is only the 1,525 interference rows. Demonstration activity and stop volume can shape this series; this packet does not include a stop count, so none is quoted.

Citing encounter-generated interference reports

Civilian complaint registers, internal affairs files, and court cases are different systems. Quote 1,525 for the crime-incident extract only. An arrest flag is not a conviction. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.

Maps follow where officers wrote reports: streets, stations, or event sites. Official community area names are the city's 77 areas. A cluster is not a character ranking of a community area. Block-level pins are not identifications of residents. Record the 1,525 / 410,083 harvest pair.

Questions

How many interference with public officer reports are in Chicago data?

This extract lists 1,525 Chicago incidents with IUCR primary type Interference With Public Officer, about 0.4 percent of 410,083 city reports. The source is Chicago Police Department open data. The figure counts police reports, not convictions or unique people. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges.

Does this type include battery of an officer?

Not as a rule. Battery is a separate IUCR primary type. Interference With Public Officer covers resisting, obstructing, and related codes as CPD labeled them. This page is only the 1,525 interference rows. Check the battery type hub if you need that series. Do not merge types without disclosure.

Is 1,525 a count of police misconduct complaints?

No. Civilian complaint systems are separate from the crime-incident extract. The 1,525 figure is CPD incident rows with this IUCR primary type among 410,083 indexed Chicago reports. It is not COPA caseload and not a disciplinary finding. The 1,525 figure is incident rows among 410,083 city reports, not COPA complaints.

Does an interference row mean a conviction?

No. Public incident rows are reports. Charges can be declined or amended. Quote 1,525 as CPD report volume. Block-level maps are not identifications of residents. Court records live in another system. Quote 1,525 as CPD report volume among 410,083 city incidents, not as convictions.