On January 1, 2007, the Chicago Sun-Times published an op-ed by Jamie Kalven. Titled "1997 Blueprint for Reining in Rogue Cops Gathering Dust Today," the piece describes the fate of the Commission on Police Integrity, appointed by Mayor Daley in 1997, in the wake of a police scandal in the Austin and Gresham Districts.

An op-ed by Jamie Kalven appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times on September 16, 2006. Titled "Cops With Criminal Tendencies Operate With Impunity," it reports and analyzes Chicago Police Department statistics on the outcomes of misconduct investigations.