the time Superintendent Larry Snelling retires tomorrow.

The Chicago Police Department will have fully completed just a quarter of the consent decree.

That's the federal court order that requires CPD to stop routinely violating black and Latino residents.

Constitutional rights.

So it'll be up to Chicago's next top cop to complete the hundreds of tasks laid out by the court order while making sure the changes stick.

Our Heather sure around joins us now for a look at Snellings record on the consent decree and what awaits his successor.

So Heather, when Superintendent Snelling took over the police department, it had fully complied with just 6% of the consent decree.

What changed during his tenure?

Well, as Mayor Brandon Johnson often told reporters Superintendent Snelling made more progress in his about 3 years on the job than any of the other superintendents that have led the department since 2019.

>> But the bulk of that progress came to the count came at the first 2 levels of consent decree, compliance.

They have written most of the policies as required by the consent decree and they have some of the officers on those policies.

But that final level of compliance, full compliance has proved elusive and that will be at the top of the list of things to do for whoever gets to be Chicago's next police superintendent.

imagine a lot of people will be asking questions about that.

So you're reporting found sort of a split on whether Superintendent Snelling deserves credit for increased compliance.

>> Or blame for the fact that there hasn't been any more progress made.

What did you hear?

Well, Illinois Attorney General Kwame ruled told me that he thought that that progress was really due to Superintendent Snellings decision to lean into the consent decree.

He didn't delegate responsibility for those tax to any of his command staff and he appeared at monthly hearings held by the federal judge who is keeping tabs on the reform effort.

>> But if you ask members of the coalition which sued the city to force it to agree to this federal court oversight, they say still needed great public relations job in convincing the mayor the judge in the other people that he was committed to reforms without making the significant changes in the department's culture that the consent decree requires.

Interesting split in opinion.

All right.

Obviously the search is on for his successor.

>> What will be at the top of the to do list for whoever the community Commission for Public Safety and accountability.

And finally, the mayor choose to replace superintendent snowing.

Well, whoever takes over the department will have a road map on some of the core tasks set out by the consent decree, including expanding real community policing, citywide and making sure officers are deployed where they need to be to address violent crime and other issues.

>> But they're going to have to sort of make some hard decisions on how to implement those plans.

They're also going to have to figure out whether Chicago police officers should be banned from making pretextual traffic stops and they're dealing with enforcement actions by that coalition that says the increasing number of times officers are using force against members of the public violates the decree in total.

And we know you'll be keeping an Heather Sharon.

Thank you so much.

Thanks, Nick.

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