4 Months Into the Year, Chicago Set to Exhaust $82M Annual Budget for Police Misconduct Settlements

Suffolk must provide police misconduct records to Newsday after high court rejects county appeal

A conference in the case is set for May 13 to set up a schedule for producing the material.

Firearms violations by city employees highlight IG's quarterly report

As always, the names of accused offenders are withheld. But the report includes a synopsis of cases that underscores Inspector General Deborah Witzburg’s uphill battle to as she put it, “pay down” Chicago’s “deficit of legitimacy.”

4 Months Into the Year, Chicago Set to Exhaust $82M Annual Budget for Police Misconduct Settlements

Ald. Gilbert Villegas plans to invoke a rarely used rule at Wednesday’s Chicago City Council meeting to force representatives of Mayor Brandon Johnson to answer questions publicly about their plan to handle police misconduct lawsuits.

Chicago Set to Exhaust Annual Budget for Police Misconduct Settlements – WTTW (Chicago)

The city of Chicago is on track to exhaust the $82 million officials set aside to cover police misconduct settlements and judgments in 2025, just four months into the year, city records show. By comparison, taxpayers spent a total of $107.5 million in 2024 to resolve police misconduct lawsuits. “What we see now is what happens when there is no plan,” Ald. Gilbert Villegas said.