The Chicago Housing Authority Police Department was created in 1989 to provide dedicated policing for what had become one of the most impoverished and crime-ridden housing developments in the country, and was dissolved only ten years later. The situation was so dire that the entire CHA board of commissioners resigned in 1995, effectively handing over control of the agency to Housing and Urban Development.
The Chicago Housing Authority Police Department was established in 1989 to offer specialized law enforcement services for one of the most impoverished and crime-plagued housing projects in the nation, which was eventually disbanded a decade later. The dire circumstances led to the resignation of the entire CHA board of commissioners in 1995, effectively transferring control of the agency to Housing and Urban Development.