The Chicago Police Department continues to make slow progress towards reforming its training, policies, and practices, but there are two distinct areas where it is lagging behind court-ordered reforms.

The team charged with overseeing the 2019 federal consent decree – ordered in response to the police killing of Laquan McDonald – held a status hearing on Tuesday.

They expressed concern about the rising number of use-of-force incidents involving CPD personnel since 2022. The team also pointed out that CPD’s crisis intervention program is understaffed, making it difficult for Chicago police districts to respond to calls involving individuals experiencing mental health emergencies.

The independent monitors’ latest numbers show that CPD is in partial compliance with 94% of the areas of the

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