Mayor Johnson reversing plans to slash funding for Chicago police consent decree positions in budget
As the city moves closer to its budget deadline without a balanced budget, the mayor announced Monday Chicago will maintain funding for police reform, and the city will propose a budget amendment to the City Council to fully restore all 162 consent decree vacancies within the Chicago Police Department's budget.
Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to restore consent decree positions in Chicago police budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Monday he will restore the critical positions in the Chicago police department responsible for enforcing the department’s federal consent decree after weeks of backlash that cutting those roles would endanger reform efforts.
Chicago mayor shifts budget plan, restores jobs for consent decree compliance
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a significant change to his proposed budget on Tuesday, restoring 162 positions within the Chicago Police Department that are dedicated to carrying out the police consent decree.
Chicago Police Superintendent Snelling pledges support for consent decree amid concerns over staffing cuts
Snelling said he fought "for every position" needed to abide by the 2020 consent decree despite widespread cuts in Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2025 budget proposal.
Latest consent decree grades show uptick in CPD compliance amid potential budget cuts
The latest assessment by the independent monitor has found the Chicago Police Department continues to make incremental progress in its consent decree obligations, but those efforts are under threat because of proposed cutbacks to personnel in the department’s reform office.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Prioritizes Police Reform with Funding for 162 CPD Positions in 2025 Budget
Mayor Johnson confirms funding for 162 police reform roles in Chicago as part of the 2025 budget to support CPD consent decree efforts.
Brandon Johnson’s police budget cuts would deal ‘devastating blow’ to reform push, federal monitor says
The proposed budget cuts would be a step backward for the CPD reform process at a pivotal point,” said Maggie Hickey, the monitor tracking compliance with a federal consent decree.
Sidewalk plowing plan unfunded in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget: ‘It would mean freedom’
When Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget proposal floated down to the City Council, his promise to test clearing snow for free from Chicago’s sidewalks didn’t stick. Johnson’s budget includes no funding to pilot the city-run Plow the Sidewalks program,
In Five Years, Chicago Has Barely Made Progress on Its Court-Ordered Police Reforms. Here’s Why.
Chicago police agreed to judicial oversight in 2019. Since then, a series of mayors and police chiefs let efforts languish ...
Mayor Johnson's planned CPD cuts 'risk undoing' police reform progress, federal monitor warns
The stark warning from independent monitor Maggie Hickey was included in a new progress report showing that CPD has reached ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson makes no promises after warnings over proposed police reform cuts
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday pushed back on criticism that his Chicago police budget plan endangers the department ...
Proposed Chicago police resource cuts could land city in court, top officials warn
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed cuts to the police department in specific areas may violate a consent decree forged ...
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Consent Decree Monitor Warns of Potential Chicago Police Budget Cuts
“The proposed budget cuts would be a step backward for the (Chicago police) reform process at a pivotal point, just when progress is starting to be felt," said the city's independent consent ...