Reports and Information – CPD Monitoring Team

Semi-Annual Independent Monitoring Reports

Paragraph 661 of the Consent Decree requires the IMT to issue semiannual reports until the Consent Decree ends—which is after the City has reached full and effective compliance for each requirement for one to two years. See ¶¶693 and 714–15.

Our Independent Monitoring Reports 1-8 were lengthy, including specific information for each and every paragraph and requirement of the Consent Decree, detailing what the City and the CPD had or had not accomplished.

With the agreement of the Parties, beginning with Independent Monitoring Report 9, we have streamlined our reporting process. The appendices for Independent Monitoring Report 9 include only paragraphs where (1) the City has achieved additional levels of compliance, (2) the City has failed to maintain compliance, or (3) the IMT is highlighting particular progress or lack of progress toward full and effective compliance. In addition to the shorter appendices, the IMT included a detailed chart that includes each and every monitorable paragraph and how the City has achieved each level of compliance with each paragraph.

Special Reports

In addition to the semi-annual Independent Monitoring Reports, the Consent Decree allows the Independent Monitoring Team to “at any time, prepare written reports on any issue or set of issues covered by the Agreement.” The IMT has issued such reports on a few occasions.

IMT Special Report: Focus Groups with Black and Latino Men, Ages 18–35 | Press Release

IMT Special Report Regarding the City of Chicago’s and the Chicago Police Department’s Responses to Protests and Unrest | Press Release

Notice Regarding IMT Special Report on Response to Recent Events

Please note that the results of our special focus group study of Black and Latina Women may be found within Independent Monitoring Report 7.

Monitoring Plans

Paragraph 652 of the Consent Decree requires the IMT to develop “a plan for conducting compliance reviews and audits (“Monitoring Plan”) for each year this agreement remains in effect.”

Stipulations

The Parties to the Consent Decree—the City of Chicago and the Office of the Illinois Attorney General—have filed the following stipulations since the beginning of the Consent Decree in March 2019:

Amended Stipulation regarding Investagatory Stops, Protective Pat Downs, and Enforcement of Loitering Ordinances (June 2023)

Stipulation regarding search warrants, Consent Decree timelines, and the Procedure for “Full and Effective Compliance” (March 2022)

Stipulation regarding the Review and Comment Process for the Chicago Police Board’s Adoption and Revision Rules and Regulations for the Chicago Police Department (February 2022)

Stipulation regarding the Policy and Training Review Process for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) (January 2020)

Public Hearing Court Transcripts

Federal Court Public Hearings regarding Progress regarding the Consent Decree

The Court holds periodic public hearings to inform the public about the City’s and the CPD’s progress to come into compliance with the requirements of the Consent Decree. The transcripts of those hearings appear below. You can find the schedule of upcoming hearings here.

Listening Session Transcripts

Listening Sessions and Written Comment Period on the City of Chicago’s and the Chicago Police Department’s Responses to the 2020 Protests and Unrest under the Consent Decree

To assist the Court, the Monitor, and the Office of Inspector General for the City of Chicago in assessing the City of Chicago’s and the Chicago Police Department’s response to the protests and unrest of 2020, the Court held listening sessions on August 19 and 20, 2020 – via Zoom video-conferencing (due to COVID-19) – to hear from community members. Like almost all court proceedings, these sessions were held on the record and were accessible by the public and the news media.

The Court Reporter permitted the IMT to share the transcripts of the listening sessions with the public, which are available here:

Snapshots of Progress, by Consent Decree Section

The Independent Monitoring Team assesses the City and the CPD’s compliance with all requirements of the Consent Decree every six months and we release reports that detail our assessments. The chart below summarizes progress as of our most recent Independent Monitoring Report . You can find progress charts for each individual section of the Consent Decree here.

IMT Monthly Statements

The Independent Monitoring Team continues to express our commitment to transparency. The monthly statements, which are reviewed by the City of Chicago, may be accessed here.