Chicago police log 11,000 complaints since consent decree went into effect, as monitor cites ‘real concerns’ about effort to analyze use-of-force issues

In the 4 ½ years since the city entered into a federal consent decree, the Chicago Police Department’s bureau of internal affairs has opened more than 11,000 investigations into allegations of officer misconduct, according to a Tribune analysis of police data.

Meanwhile, the head of the independent monitoring team that grades CPD’s compliance with the consent decree has said there are “real concerns” about the city and Police Department’s ability to perform timely analyses of data on officers’ use of force.

“They have a plan and they’re working on it,