News Releases
- Monitor Hickey Files Ninth Semi-Annual Report
- Monitor Hickey Files Eighth Semi-Annual Report
- Independent Monitor Conducts Second Community Survey
- Monitor Hickey Files Seventh Semi-Annual Report
- Monitor Hickey Files Sixth Semi-Annual Report
- Monitor Hickey Files Fifth Semi-Annual Report
- Stipulation Regarding Search Warrants, Consent Decree Timelines, and the Procedure for “Full and Effective Compliance”
- Monitor Hickey Files Fourth Semi-Annual Report
- IMT Special Report Regarding Responses To Protests And Unrest – 2020
- Monitor Hickey Files Third Semi-Annual Report
- Independent Monitor Conducts Community Survey
- Monitor Hickey Files Second Semi-Annual Independent Monitoring Report
- COVID 19 updates
- Stipulation Regarding the Policy and Training Review Process for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA)
- Monitor Hickey Files First Semi-Annual Independent Monitoring Report
- Notice Regarding IMT Special Report on Response to Recent Events
Federal Court Public Hearings regarding Consent Decree Progress
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. You can find the schedule of upcoming hearings below:
| DATE/TIME | FORMAT | FOCUS AREA |
| January 9, 1 pm – 2:30 pm | Virtual | Focus Area: Accountability |
| February 13, 1 pm – 2:30 pm | Virtual | Focus Area: Officer Wellness |
| March 12, 1 pm – 4:30 pm | In-Person | Focus Area: Public Comments |
| April 9, 1 pm – 2:30 pm | Virtual | Focus Area: Crisis Intervention |
| May 14, 1 pm – 2:30 pm | Virtual | Focus Area: Community Policing |
| June 11 Virtual – (10 am – 12:30 pm) In-Person – (1:30 pm – 4 pm) | Virtual & In-Person | Focus Area: Public Comments re: Traffic Stops |
| July 9, 1 pm – 2:30 pm | Virtual | Focus Area: Impartial Policing |
| August 13, 1 pm – 2:30 pm | Virtual | Focus Area: Recruitment, Hiring, & Promotions |
| September 10, 1 pm – 4:30 pm | Virtual | Focus Area: Public Comments |
| October 15, 1 pm – 2:30 pm | TBD | Focus Area: Supervision |
| November 12, 1 pm – 2:30 pm | TBD | Focus Area: Investigatory Stops |
Joint Status Reports
- Joint Status Report – March 2024
- Consultant Report: Community Engagement Results (October 3, 2023)
- Consultant Report: Progress Update and Data Analysis of Chicago Police Department Stops between 2018 and 2020 (June 14, 2023)
- Consultant Status Report (March 19, 2021)
Investigatory Stop and Protective Pat Down Settlement Agreement Between the City of Chicago and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and the Investigatory Stops, Protective Pat Downs, and Enforcement of Loitering Ordinances section of the Consent Decree
Prior to the Consent Decree, the City of Chicago had entered into a Settlement Agreement with the ACLU of Illinois regarding investigatory stops and protective pat downs. Independent Monitor Maggie Hickey and members of the Independent Monitoring Team served as the Consultants overseeing the City’s work to comply with that agreement between 2020 and 2023. The Consultant Team produced several reports :
On June 27, 2023, the Court entered the Amended Stipulation, adding Investigatory Stops, Protective Pat Downs, and the Enforcement of the City’s Loitering Ordinances into the existing Consent Decree (¶¶800–877). The Independent Monitoring Team monitors these paragraphs and you may find updates on the City and the CPD’s progress toward compliance with their requirements in our semiannual Independent Monitoring Reports, beginning with IMR-9.
Comprehensive Assessment
Paragraphs 657-659 of the Consent Decree require the IMT to conduct a Comprehensive Assessment. Part I of our Comprehensive Assessment is IMR-8, which includes “whether and to what extent the City and CPD are in compliance with this Agreement,” including “areas of greatest progress and achievement, and the requirements that appear to have contributed to these achievements, as well as areas of greatest concern.”
In the coming months, we will provide a separate report, Comprehensive Assessment Part II, which will include “whether the outcomes intended by [the Consent Decree] are being achieved[;] whether any modifications to [the Consent Decree] are necessary in light of changed circumstances or unanticipated impact (or lack of impact) of the requirements including strategies for accelerating full and effective compliance; as well as “strategies for accelerating full and effective compliance.”
It is important to note that the IMT cannot unilaterally make changes to the Consent Decree; only the Parties and the Judge can make changes. The IMT will make recommendations for change in our upcoming Comprehensive Assessment Part II, but per ¶659, the Parties must then consider our changes before seeking the Court’s ruling to change the Consent Decree.
