A judge's order and a settlement agreement show that Skokie will pay out a total of $875,000 to a Chicago woman who sued the village and members of the Skokie Police Department, accusing a police officer of using excessive force that she said resulted in serious injury during her arrest for drunk driving in 2013.
A Cook County jury on Tuesday awarded nearly $1 million to a Chicago police detective who alleged he was demoted after pushing back when superiors pressed him.
Isaac Lambert’s lawyers had sought as much as $2 million for veteran detective who was demoted for speaking out about 2017 shooting of an unarmed teen by an off-duty officer.
Chicago police officers accused of misconduct can spend years in limbo, many off the streets but still getting paid, as their cases make their way through the.
A Cook County jury on Friday awarded a former Chicago police detective more than $4.3 million in damages after deciding the city violated the Illinois Whistleblower act.