Officer Joseph Vecchio had more misconduct complaints than any active Chicago police officer — 76 log numbers vs a department average of 3.5. COPA warned the superintendent about him in October 2025. Nothing changed. The Police Board moved to fire him in two false-report cases, one of which got an innocent man convicted. Then on August 21, 2026, he turned himself in for attacking his girlfriend, and a judge ordered him held as a “real and present threat.”
The full story of tact team 1863: 17 federal lawsuits, 90% Black drivers stopped, a wrongful conviction, an $80,000 settlement over a pretext stop, and the warning signs Chicago ignored for six years.
Why did it take 76 complaints before anyone acted? Drop your take in the comments.
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