CPD DETECTIVE BRIAN P. FORBERG

Brian Forberg joined the Chicago Police Department in July of 1995. 

He was then promoted to Detective in May of 2000 where he worked at Area One (Central) alongside notorious torturers John Halloran and James O’Brien.

In November of 2004, Forberg was transferred to Area South where he remained until 2014 when he was promoted to Task Force Supervisor. 

In 2016 he began working in conjunction with the US Marshals as part of the Chicago Police Department's Fugitive Apprehension Unit

Forberg has at least 38 allegations of misconduct against him, ranking him in the 93% percentile for the department.

Prior to ever becoming a detective, here are just a few of the allegations that were made against him: 

• 19-May-96:  harassed a witness who complained that Forberg planted a gun on him   

• 6-Mar-97:  illegal stop and search  

• 10-May-97:  racial slur, harassment

• 2-Nov-97:  excessive force    

• 13-May-98:  harassment, pulled up her shirt over her head, called her a black bitch   

• 6-Nov-98: put a flashlight down his pants, illegal search   

• 3-Feb-99:  excessive force   

• 10-Feb-99:  hit him with a flashlight, illegal search, no contact card   

• 16-Feb-99:  illegal strip search   

• 7-Mar-99 : entered her home without a warrant   

• 5-May-99:  beat the victim and planted drugs on him  

• 11-Jun-99: illegal search   

• 10-Jul-99: son taken into custody in regards to a shooting, threatened mom   

• 19-Jul-99;  failure to investigate   

• 23-Nov-99:  illegal search and verbal abuse    

• 4-Jan-00:  cursed out a person

Despite numerous allegations, the police department has only sustained ONE complaint against him:

       On 1 May 2014, a mother alleged that Detective Forberg was holding her son hostage and threatened to charge him for criminal offense unless he signed over to him a gun or rifle. (CR 1068895). He was found to have violated Rule 2 (any action or  conduct which impedes the Department's efforts to achieve its policy and  goals or brings discredit upon the Department) and Rule 6 (disobedience of an order or directive, whether written or oral).