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.
Breakdown
- 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