As the Chicago Police Department inches its way toward complying with landmark reforms ordered by the federal government, City Hall’s watchdog office has passed muster with the consent decree that took effect in 2019.
The office of the Chicago inspector general “achieved and maintained full and effective compliance” as required for two years, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer wrote in an order last week, making it the first city agency freed from oversight requirements set in the decree.
