Chicago taxpayers paid $295 million between 2019 and 2024 to resolve lawsuits naming officers whose alleged misconduct led more than once to payouts, according to an analysis of city data by WTTW News. In all, the city spent $491.7 million to resolve lawsuits alleging 1,643 Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct.
— Read on news.wttw.com/2025/09/23/repeated-police-misconduct-272-officers-has-cost-chicago-taxpayers-295m-2019-analysis
Tag: Police Management
Minnesota police group fights release of undercover officers’ names
The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association is suing the Minnesota POST forreleasing the names of undercover police officers to media outlets, but many have already been publiclyidentified.
— Read on sahanjournal.com/news-partners/undercover-minnesota-police-officers-post-board-mppoa-lawsuit/
Defund the Police in Real Time: Collapse of Law Enforcement … Adams & Woods … Shows the Cost of No Control – SubX.News
(Chicago SubXNews) Scanner traffic out of the Near West Side last night was raw, profane, and telling. A TMA — a traffic management aide, not a sworn
— Read on subx.news/defund-the-police-in-real-time-collapse-of-law-enforcement-adams-woods-shows-the-cost-of-no-control/
Morning Rampage, Nighttime Nightmare: Chicago’s Downtown Unravels – 24 Hours of Chaos – SubX.News
(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report Sept 23 2025 From a shovel-swinging maniac at dawn, to a woman stabbed in the heart of the Loop, to a teenager shot over
— Read on subx.news/morning-rampage-nighttime-nightmare-chicagos-downtown-unravels-24-hours-of-chaos/
Police reform advocate grades Massachusetts POST Commission, cites concerns
A new evaluation of the POST Commission questions its transparency and public access while overlooking some of its investigative powers.
— Read on www.yahoo.com/news/articles/police-reform-advocate-grades-massachusetts-094539940.html
Read the evaluation HERE
Massachusetts POST website
How to Redesign Police Training to Reduce the Use of Force | Chicago Booth Review
An experiment demonstrates that officers can learn to apply critical thinking in stressful situations, reducing the use of force and discretionary arrests.
— Read on www.chicagobooth.edu/review/how-redesign-police-training-reduce-use-force
Shots fired! Police union boss calls Chicago mayor ‘piece of garbage’ for saying law enforcement a ‘sickness’ to be ‘eradicated’ – CWB Chicago
The head of the union representing Chicago’s front line police officers is blasting Mayor Brandon Johnson for calling law enforcement a “sickness” that he plans to “eradicate.” Also speaking out about the mayor’s comments, albeit in a more measured tone, is Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke.
— Read on cwbchicago.com/2025/09/shots-fired-police-union-boss-calls-chicago-mayor-piece-of-garbage-for-saying-law-enforcement-a-sickness-to-be-eradicated.html
As Los Angeles Gives Up on Public Safety, Residents Foot the Bill
The city has failed to provide adequate policing or fire control.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/los-angeles-fires-crime-private-security
Hennepin County chiefs, sheriff speak out against new policy on low-level traffic stops – KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News
Law enforcement heads are speaking out in opposition to a new policy from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty to not prosecute felonies that arise from low-level traffic stops.
— Read on kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/law-enforcement-speak-out-on-new-hennepin-county-policy-on-low-level-traffic-stops/
Right cops, right place: solving D.C.’s policing puzzle – Niskanen Center
City and agency leaders already have many of the tools they need to meaningfully reduce crime.
— Read on www.niskanencenter.org/right-cops-right-place-solving-d-c-s-policing-puzzle/
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