Who pays the bill for police misconduct?

In 99% of the cases you do. The police budget is not touched at all, despite the fact that the numbers can get quite large. Last year Chicago paid $84,600,000 for police misconduct cases including settlement, judgments and legal fees. Bridgeport, Connecticut paid a man $198,000 after video footage captured police shooting him twice with a stun gun, then stomping all over him as he lay on the ground. And in California,Oakland paid $4,500,0000 to settle a lawsuit a man filed after being shot in the head, leaving him with permanent brain damage.