Chicago and Cook County are facing significant financial liabilities related to police misconduct and overtime spending. The City of Henderson must pay $450,000 in damages for excessive force, while Cook County is expected to pay $17 million to a wrongfully convicted man. Chicago Police spent $293M on overtime in 2023, exceeding budget limits, and the city's total overtime bill soared 62% from 2019 to 2023.
CTA bus and train operators continued to prop up the struggling transit system by working plenty of overtime last year. Just how much OT? The agency still hasn't given @wttw News the information we asked for, in spite of a nearly two-month-old FOIA request https://t.co/ZXU4wRurN0
The city of Chicago spent approximately $524 million on employee overtime in 2023 — 19% more than in 2022, with more than half of the total amount used to compensate Chicago Police Department officers for working extra hours (w/ @HeatherCherone) https://t.co/jmaT7eMxpB
SCOOP by @StacyStClair and @ChristyGutowsk1. Cook County is expected to pay $17 million to a Chicago man exonerated for the 1982 killings of two Chicago police officers, according to court records and a recommendation from a county board subcommittee. https://t.co/lxeblOnwhZ
Chicago spent approximately $524 million on employee overtime in 2023 — 19% more than in 2022, with more than half of the total amount used to compensate CPD officers for working extra hours, according to records obtained by WTTW News. https://t.co/jco3Jf1QSU
Between 2019 and 2023, Chicago’s total overtime bill soared 62%, costing Chicago taxpayers an additional $202 million, according to data obtained by me and @jaredrutecki for @WTTW. (1/2) https://t.co/ImqYdJMPhx
Cook County is expected to pay $17 million to a Chicago man exonerated for the 1982 killings of two Chicago police officers, according to court records and a recommendation from a county board subcommittee. https://t.co/Y6V7cKERZQ
NEW: Chicago Police spent $293M on overtime last year, 40% more than in 2022 and nearly 3 times the $100M earmarked for police overtime set by the City Council as part of the city’s 2023 budget, according to data obtained by me and @jaredrutecki for @WTTW. https://t.co/yOlVtTm6T2
NEW: @cookcountysao has 2 lists of cops w/ credibility issues—but only publishes 1. In the wrongful conviction capital of the US, how do police & prosecutors use these lists? An @invinst+@Chicago_Reader reporting project, w/ support by @FundFIJ https://t.co/pUFnhTeSQi @foiachap
The City of Henderson must pay $450,000 in damages after a jury decided a former sergeant was negligent and violated a man’s civil rights when he used excessive force against him in 2018. A jury in Clark County delivered a verdict on Wednesday. https://t.co/9c8ufpDUEU