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But many complaints dismissed by investigators later resulted in settlements after the accusers pursued lawsuits, according to a Chicago Tribune investigation. Between 2004 and 2014, the city paid out over $520 million in settlements, legal fees and other costs related to police misconduct, according to the Better Government Association.
Over the past five years, Chicago taxpayers have forked over nearly $400 million to resolve lawsuits stemming from officer misconduct, according to a new analysis of city data. While around 1,300 ...
The current police misconduct authority is the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which was created in 2018. The IOPC investigate only the most serious matters, with the majority of complaints and misconduct cases handled internally by the respective force. [71]
Blackwelder shot Russell Rios, who had shoplifted two iPod cases, in the back of the head while chasing after him. He was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter. [97] 7 July 2013: William McKinney 6 November 2014: Buckner Police Department (Illinois) While responding to a dispute, McKinney struck 62-year-old Roy Barnhart in the head.
The National Police Misconduct Reporting Project was started in 2009 by David Packman to collect daily reports of police misconduct and was taken over by the Cato Institute. [33] The institute ceased collecting data in July 2017 and re-purposed the project to focus on qualified immunity, renaming the project "Unlawful Shield". [34]
The Police Accountability Board has issued its first sustained findings since it began investigating complaints of police misconduct in 2022. PAB investigators found several officers culpable of ...
To track misconduct by state, county and local judges from all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, Reuters examined thousands of investigative files and reports for a dozen years – from ...
A Proud Tradition: A Pictorial History of the Chicago Police Department. Chicago: Chicago Police Department. Burke, Edward M., and O'Gorman, Thomas J. (2006). End of Watch: Chicago Police Killed in the Line of Duty, 1853–2006. Chicago: Chicago's Books Press. Conroy, John (2000). Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture ...