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Since the city’s consent decree was entered more than six years ago, the independent monitoring team has often stressed that the Chicago Police Department must bolster its data collection and analysis efforts. How often officers point their weapons and use force, how they are trained, when and where they are deployed are just a few of the thousands of data points that CPD generates every single day.
The new monitor’s report heaped praise on the department’s consent-decree adherence between July 1 – Dec. 31, 2024, during which time the city hosted the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
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14-year-old boy charged with shooting boy, 15, during ‘teen takeover’ in Streeterville last month
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