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Feb 22, 2021 · If cities and police departments want to cut down on misconduct and spend less taxpayer money, they need to know how much they’re paying for police abuse, and what kinds of incidents are most frequent and most expensive. But police settlements are their own bramble of contradictions.
Apr 3, 2024 · Columbus paid out over $21.5 million between 2018-2023 to settle complaints against the Division of Police, an Axios investigation finds. Why it matters: Taxpayers regularly foot the bill for alleged police misconduct like wrongful shootings and discrimination claims. What we did: Axios obtained settlement records from the city attorney's ...
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Jun 10, 2021 · The settlement with the family of Hebert is one of 48 police settlements that Cincinnati paid between 2010 and 2020. During that time, the city paid nearly $2.5 million to settle the cases.
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Nearly one-third of the money spent so far is for monitors, the Community Police Commission and the city’s police inspector general team. A Marshall Project review of federal court records and monitoring team reports from October 2015 through June 2022 shows that $6.2 million — about 10% of monitoring costs so far — went to pay monitoring team memb...
The consent decree in Cleveland has led to new policies to make policing less abusive and to training programs to teach officers how to respectfully treat residents. Implemented training included bias-free policing to deliver “police services with the goal of ensuring that they are equitable, respectful and free of unlawful bias.” New use-of-force ...
The biggest drawback to the consent decree is that officers are not given enough credit from the community for adopting changes to do their job, Drummond said. He cautioned that police work can be violent, and one high-profile incident should not be a reflection on the entire force. He said he believes the end of the consent decree is close, adding...
Feb 27, 2021 · This and other high-profile settlements have cost cities billions of dollars over the past decade. But has this changed anything?
Apr 3, 2024 · Zoom out: Columbus is not alone in reckoning with pricey police settlements. For example, Denver paid out millions to 2020 racial justice protesters, and Salt Lake City-area communities big and small have resolved police misconduct complaints for years.
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Mar 9, 2022 · Lawsuits to settle allegations of misconduct by more than 7,600 officers from around the country have amounted to more than $3.2 billion over the past decade, reports the Washington Post.
