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Chicago spent more than $270M in police overtime in 2024: watchdog

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A new tool released by the City of Chicago's inspector general showed that the Chicago Police Department spent more than $270 million in overtime for officers in 2024.

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  • Chicago's inspector general launched a tool to track police overtime spending.
  • The city spent over $270 million on police overtime in 2024. 7s
  • This overtime spending exceeds the budgets of most city departments. 15s
  • About $27 million was spent on overtime for the Democratic National Convention, 60% more than allocated. 20s
  • Since January 2020, police overtime has cost Chicago over $1.3 billion. 34s
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