Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/cpd/page/2/)
The mayor has a habit of making sweeping announcements but doing little to follow through or provide the necessary resources to create change.
Year after year, Chicago spends much more than planned on police payouts and relies on costly borrowing to make up the difference.
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.
In a 74-page report, former prosecutor Dan K. Webb made 50 recommendations but found no evidence of a culture of misconduct.
As taser deployment expands in Chicago, the Police Department’s loose standards invite abuse.
Activists aim to get an amendment on the November ballot that would require police officers to help pick up the tab in misconduct settlements.
Rather than rein in the practices that lead to police misconduct settlements, officials have borrowed millions to pay for these lawsuits, adding to the city’s crippling debt. Over time, the interest on the bonds will more than double the cost for police misconduct.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner stumbled in 2015 as their political plans and agendas faltered.
Almost two years before police officer Marco Proano opened fire on a car full of black teenagers on Chicago’s South Side, he fatally shot an African-American youth. But the Independent Police Review Authority didn’t release his name to the public because the incident was deemed a closed investigation.
The video of a Chicago police officer shooting into a car of unarmed black teenagers scratches the surface of deep problems with policing.