The camera contracts nobody put back out to bid
Extensions signed one after another, and the records behind each one.
The Short Version
- What changed
- Camera contracts were extended one after another instead of being put back out to bid.
- Who it hits
- Chicago taxpayers, whose money pays for contracts that were not put back out to bid.
- What happens next
- Any response from the city will be added to this story and dated.
- What you can do
- Read the extension records in the Paper Trail panel.
Extensions signed one after another, and the records behind each one.
This investigation is built on 63 documents, listed in the Paper Trail panel below. Lampline matched the records against each other and reports only what the documents support.
Paper Trail 63 documents
- Camera contract extensions
- Records behind each extension
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What happens next
Any response from the city will be added to this story and dated.
What you can do
Read the extension records in the Paper Trail panel.
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