Criminal Justice
Bond court reforms may lead to more punitive pretrial conditions: report
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Efforts to reduce the number of poor defendants jailed in Cook County could have harmful unintended consequences, the Chicago Community Bond Fund says.
Criminal Justice
Chicago police slow to make Justice Department’s recommended reforms
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In the absence of a consent decree and independent monitor, The Chicago Reporter is tracking CPD’s progress on police reform.
Criminal Justice
Monitor Chicago’s police reforms
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The Justice Department made 99 recommendations to reform the Chicago Police Department. In the absence of a consent decree, we’re tracking CPD’s progress.
Settling for Misconduct
Police misconduct payouts continue to break the bank in Chicago
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Despite spending more than $370 million on police misconduct lawsuits in six years, the city has not heeded official calls to analyze the cases for trends.
Criminal Justice
Five ways Chicago could regulate moonlighting cops
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Every major police department in the nation does more than Chicago to regulate police officers who moonlight as private security guards.
Criminal Justice
When Chicago cops moonlight, no one is watching
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The Chicago Police Department has the weakest oversight in the country of officers working second jobs as private security guards, and the consequences can be both deadly and costly to taxpayers.
Criminal Justice
Justice Department report on Chicago police, annotated
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We’ve combed through the full text of the DOJ’s civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department to highlight key excerpts and new data, and to provide context to the findings.
Criminal Justice
Can Chicago take on police union contracts this year?
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Activists are targeting provisions that shield officers from accountability for reform but the process is unlikely to be easy, or cheap.
Settling for Misconduct
How Emanuel’s police lawsuit budget puts more burden on taxpayers
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Year after year, Chicago spends much more than planned on police payouts and relies on costly borrowing to make up the difference.
Settling for Misconduct
In swift push for body cameras, Chicago cut contracting corners
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The city avoided competitive bidding in its contract for cameras, which could cost taxpayers over $30 million for technology that has yet to be shown to curb misconduct.