Chicago police failed to place troubled cop under strict supervision before he fatally shot partner

Carlos Baker was referred to a program that puts officers under intense oversight. Failing could mean “severe” discipline or firing. But Baker wasn’t enrolled before he shot Officer Krystal Rivera because a supervisor didn’t respond to an email.

Learn more about the disciplinary process and the failure to act on Baker's situation from Peter Nickeas | Illinois Answers Project, Casey Toner | Illinois Answers Project and Tom Schuba | Chicago Sun-Times in the Chicago Sun-Times.