Paying for police misconduct

Last year Chicago paid $54.2 million in settlements and verdicts for police misconduct cases. That’s more than the budget for the offices of the mayor, the city treasurer, the city council, the council committees and the department of human resources – combined.

There were 161 police misconduct cases in 2014 but only 9 were the result of a jury verdict, the vast majority were settled out of court.
There were cases filed against other city departments. In fact the police misconduct complaints accounted for just 15 percent of the cases, but more than half of all payouts.

What's with the Chicago Police? Only last week it was in the news for its black site.