Chicago taxpayers paid $91.3 million to resolve lawsuits that named 116 Chicago police officers whose alleged misconduct led more than once to payouts between 2019 and 2021, according to an analysis of city data by WTTW News.
In all, the city spent $197.7 million to resolve lawsuits alleging more than 1,000 Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct — including false arrest and excessive force — in 2019, 2020 and 2021, according WTTW News’ analysis.
Cases that involved at least one officer with repeated claims of misconduct accounted for 47% of the cost borne by taxpayers to resolve police misconduct cases between 2019 and 2021, according to the analysis.
A bit of additional context - “As of 2022 CPD had 11,710 sworn officers on duty”.
Over 700k per cop.
Make them hold insurance like doctors do. Otherwise the rest of us will continue to subsidize police violence.
I really believe this would work. If you had to carry insurance to be a cop, then the premiums for bad cops would rise to the point where it no longer makes sense for any police force to employ them.
gotta get rid of the psychopaths entrenched in the police organizations first
Don’t forget the police unions enabling all that shit
Maybe we could defund them and start the process?
Defunding is not the answer.
Then what is the answer? Giving them more money to buy military equipment?
hey man, maybe it’s just impossible to do really shitty policing for any less than that… the economics of violence, man… you bring a bat, i bring a Maserati Urban Assault Mech and a bunch of armed psychopaths with badges… it’s just MATH… Chicago taxpayers should be grateful…