With CPD reform seeing only slow progress, bills for consent decree monitor pile up – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

From 2019 through 2023 — the first five years of the consent decree — the independent monitoring team responsible for assessing compliance billed the city 35 percent more than was initially quoted. In that time, ArentFox Schiff actually billed the city $18,979,213.47. At last check, CPD was within operational compliance with 9 percent of its consent decree obligations.