>> WDW NEWS ANALYSIS FOUND CHICAGO TAXPAYERS PAID NEARLY 143 MILLION DOLLARS TO RESOLVE LAWSUITS INVOLVING REPEATED MISCONDUCT BY 141 POLICE OFFICERS.

THE PAYOUTS MADE OVER 4 YEARS CAME IN SPITE OF EFFORTS TO REIN IN CAPS WHO REPEATEDLY VIOLATE THE RULES.

BTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER IS FRANK JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT SHE AND WTW IS.

JARED TECHIE FOUND CHAIR HEAVY BEEN FOLLOWING US.

A BREAK DOWN THE NUMBERS FOR US.

HOW BIG A PROBLEM CITY FACE FROM THESE REPEATED ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT THAT THEN RESULT IN LAWSUITS.

SO CHICAGO TAXPAYERS PAID A TOTAL OF 295 MILLION DOLLARS TO RESOLVE CLAIMS MISCONDUCT OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS.

NEARLY 60% OF THAT TOTAL.

THAT 143 MILLION DOLLARS THAT YOU MENTIONED.

>> WE'RE DUE TO OFFICERS BEING NAMED IN MORE THAN ONE LAWSUITS SHOWING THAT SO MUCH OF THIS EXORBITANT COST IS DUE TO THE CITY'S INABILITY TO PREVENT REPEATED CASES FROM MIX OF MISCONDUCT FROM THE SAME OFFICERS.

AND YOU FOCUS ON ONE OFFICER IN PARTICULAR IS NAMES DETECTIVE ROCCO PROVE OR OUTCOME?

WELL, HE WAS NAMED IN 6 LAWSUITS THAT THE CITY SETTLED OVER THAT FOUR-YEAR PERIOD FOR A TOTAL OF $260,000.

NOW HE WORKED ALONGSIDE 2 OFFICERS WHO WERE CONVICTED OF CRIMES DURING THEIR ROLES AS TACTICAL OFFICERS.

AND WE OBTAINED RECORDS FROM THE POLICE MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY THAT SHOWS THE CITY IS WELL AWARE THAT OFFICERS IMPLICATED IN THAT SCANDAL ARE STILL ON THE STREET.

NOW I REACHED OUT TO DETECTIVE PROGRAM.

HE DID NOT RESPOND TO MY REQUEST FOR COMMENT AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DECLINED TO COMMENT ABOUT WHY AN OFFICER WITH THAT KIND OF RECORD STILL EARNS $125,000 AND HE'S THE MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE CHICAGO POLICE TO LEAST THE NEXT QUESTION.

WHY DON'T CITY OFFICIALS STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT OFFICERS WHO HAVE COST TAXPAYERS MONEY TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

STOP FROM DOING IT AGAIN.

THE CITY DOES NOT SYSTEMATICALLY TRACK THE CAUSES OF LAWSUITS THAT LEAD TO PAY OUT BY TAXPAYERS.

NOW THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY ARE WORKING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.

BUT IT IS SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY TO HOLD THE OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS PATTERN IDENTIFIED NOW FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 4 MONTHS BY WBTW WHAT ABOUT EFFORTS TO CREATE A SYSTEM THAT ALERTS POLICE BRASS WHEN OFFICERS OF THE SUBJECT OF MULTIPLE LAWSUITS?

SO THAT KIND OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IS REQUIRED BY THE CONSENT DECREE, WHICH, OF COURSE, REQUIRES THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REFORM ITSELF.

THERE'S ALSO A NEW SYSTEM IN THE WORKS BY THE LAW DEPARTMENT THAT WILL TRACK THESE KIND MISCONDUCT CASES THAT WON'T LAUNCH UNTIL MARCH AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM REMAINS IN A PILOT'S STATUS WITH NO DATE SET FOR LAUNCH.

ALL RIGHT, HEATHER, YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING US GREAT REPORTING AS USUAL.

THANKS, PARIS.

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