Chicago Police, consent decree

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 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.
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.
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,
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California man enters consent decree over fraud scheme targeting seniors
The United States has reached a consent decree with Dale Lake, of Hanford, to resolve allegations of his involvement in a ...
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 ...
Greenberg: Louisville continues 'diligently' working with DOJ to reach consent decree agreement
"There is no consent decree to sign right now, that's what we are working toward," Mayor Craig Greenberg said Tuesday.
Appeals court finds consent decree mandating more funding for Baltimore schools ‘no longer relevant’
In an opinion last week, the Maryland Appellate Court rejected arguments that a decades-old consent decree over state funding ...
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Louisville coalition demands more transparency from mayor in consent decree negotiations
A Louisville coalition is calling on Mayor Craig Greenberg to meet demands surrounding transparency and accountability after ...
People's Consent Decree Coalition wants transparency in negotiations with Department of Justice
Metro Government and Louisville Metro Police have been negotiating that consent decree with the DOJ since February 2024.
Daywatch: Consent decree grades show uptick in CPD compliance
CPD’s overall compliance with the consent decree — a set of reforms spurred by the 2014 killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by a former CPD officer — again ticked up in the first six months of 2024 ...
Judge holds NYC in contempt over worsening conditions at Rikers Island jail, says federal takeover likely
A federal judge held New York City in contempt of court Wednesday for failing to improve conditions at Rikers and other jails ...