Chicago Police Department, consent decree

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 Brandon Johnson plans to restore consent decree positions in Chicago police budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson said Monday he planned to restore scores of unfilled Chicago Police Department positions tasked with implementing the federal consent decree into the 2025 city budget following weeks of backlash that his plans to cut those vacant jobs would endanger police reform efforts.
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.
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.
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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Chicago cops being trained on how to spot Tren de Aragua as they expand territory and traffic ‘pink cocaine’
Officers within Chicago's Police Department -- the second largest in the country -- have been given intel materials in recent ...
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Majority of Chicago residents would vote against alders who support property tax hike, poll finds
As members of the Chicago City Council have heard opposition to a potential property tax hike to close a nearly $1 billion ...
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16-Year-Old Charged with Felony Armed Robbery in Chicago's South Side Incident
A 16-year-old was arrested for armed robbery on Chicago's S. Princeton; few details were released about the weapon or the ...
Juvenile faces charges in shooting that wounded woman outside Macy's, police tell alderman
Video obtained by CBS News Chicago shows the 19-year-old being transported on a stretcher out of the department store.
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 ...
High-profile police commander tied to troubled Kevin Jackson case
Kevin Jackson was released from prison last month, more than two decades after he was convicted of murder in the fatal ...
Chicago owed nearly $20 million in police overtime for special events this year; taxpayers may be on the hook
The police department has spent $22.6 million in overtime this year for officers working special events — only about $2 ...
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Chicago Police Seek Help to Locate Missing Man, Jerry Madison, Last Seen on W. 95th St.
Chicago Police seek info on missing Jerry Madison, 48, last seen at 1600 W. 95th St., described as Black, 5'10", 130 lbs.