Moving forward, the experts say, state and local actors will bear the burden of ensuring constitutional policing — a task that will vary widely based on political will and available resources. There are already examples. After the first Trump administration exited the federal consent decree in Chicago, the state attorney general took over police reform efforts.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.