>>> WTTW NEWS ANALYSIS FINDS CHICAGO TAXPAYERS PAID MORE THAN $91 MILLION TO RESOLVE LAWSUITS INVOLVING REPEATED MISCONDUCT BY 116 POLICE OFFICERS.

THE PAYOUTS MADE OUT OVER THREE YEARS CAME IN SPITE OF EFFORTS TO REIGN IN COPS WHO REPEATEDLY VIOLATE THE RULES.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT SHE AND JARRED FOUND SO.

HEATHER, BREAK DOWN THESE NUMBERS FOR US.

HOW BIG A PROBLEM DOES THE CITY HAVE ON ITS HANDS WITH RESPECT TO POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE SUED REPEATEDLY?

>> IN ALL, IT COSTS CHICAGO TAXPAYERS $198 MILLION IN 2019, 2020, AND 2021 TO RESOLVE POLICE MISCONDUCT CASES.

47% OF THAT COST INVOLVED CASES THAT INCLUDED OFFICERS NAMED WHO HAD COMMITTED MULTIPLE ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT.

BALLOONING THE TOTAL BY NEARLY $100 MILLION.

>> SOME OF THESE OFFICERS WERE IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS HERE.

YOU FOUND OFFICERS WHO WERE SUED AS MANY AS 12 TIMES FOR MISCONDUCT.

>> RIGHT, TWO OF THOSE OFFICERS ACTUALLY ENDED UP IN JAIL IN CONNECTION WITH THAT CONDUCT THAT COST THE CITY NEARLY $1 MILLION.

HOWEVER, THE OFFICER THAT COST THE CITY THE MOST IN THIS THREE-YEAR PERIOD WAS DETECTIVE RONALDO, A FORMER POLICE DETECTIVE ACCUSED OF FRAMING DOZENS OF CHICAGOANS.

IN THIS THREE-YEAR PERIOD HE COST TAXPAYERS $40 MILLION, AND THERE ARE ANOTHER 12 CASES PENDING AGAINST HIM, INCLUDING ONE FILED BY A WOMAN WHO ENDED UP ON DEATH ROW BASED ON HIS INVESTIGATION.

>> IF OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ACCUSED, HOW COME THERE'S THIS PROBLEM WHERE THEY'RE GETTING ACCUSED OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND THE CITY'S NOT MAYBE SIDELINING THEM.

>> SO THERE'S NO SYSTEM TO TRACK INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS WITH INDIVIDUAL COURT CASES.

IT IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IDENTIFIED BY INSPECTOR GENERAL DEBRA WHO SAYS IT LEAVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REFORM ON THE TABLE.

ESSENTIALLY LAWSUIT DATA IS SILOED IN ONE PLACE IN THE CITY SYSTEM AND POLICE MISCONDUCT DATA IS IN ANOTHER SYSTEM, AND THEY DON'T TALK TO THEMSELVES -- TO EACH OTHER.

>> AND A LOT OF THIS DATA COMES FROM THE TENURE OF MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT, BUT WHAT HAS THE CURRENT MAYOR SAID ABOUT THIS.

>> I REACHED OUT TO THE FORMER MAYOR.

SHE SENT A STATEMENT SAYING SHE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO REDUCE POLICE MISCONDUCT AND THE COST TO TAXPAYERS.

SHE ACKNOWLEDGED HE LEFT OFFICE WITH WORK UNDONE.

THE CURRENT MAYOR'S OFFICE DIDN'T RESPOND TO MY REQUEST FOR COMMENT, BUT THE LAW DEPARTMENT SAID THEY'RE WORKING ON A NEW SYSTEM THAT WILL TRACK THESE CASES IN AN ATTEMPT TO BETTER MANAGE THE RISK THAT THE CITY FACES AND HOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATES.

HOWEVER, THAT SYSTEM ISN'T SCHEDULED TO BE IN PLACE UNTIL MARCH 2024.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND A NEW SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT TO TAKE