District Advisory Council

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CAPS District Advisory Council Soundex Code D236

District Advisory Council (DAC), meets monthly with the commander of the Chicago police district to discuss district affairs. The members of the DAC are generally community leaders, business owners, or local community activists. The goal of the DAC is to discuss district priorities and develop district-wide strategies with community resources.

A 2004 Northwestern University report, Caps at Ten, claimed that many members were frustrated about their ill-defined mandates, leadership problems and inaction. Instead of an overall guide for the whole Chicago Police Department, CAPS had evolved into a bureaucratic program.