>> A long-awaited study on whether Chicago police officers are efficiently and effectively deployed across the city to stop crime and respond to calls for help is nearly complete.

It is part of Chicago's ongoing efforts to comply with the federal court order known as the consent decree that requires the Chicago Police Department to change the way it trains supervises and disciplines officers.

Our Heather Sharon joins us now with the latest.

So, Heather, when will we see the results of this study, which you reported is very crucial to efforts to comply with the consent degree?

Well, it is set to be completed on time by the end of the year and the public should be able to see the results by January.

At the latest now, city officials and police leaders are hopeful that this study is going to give them a roadmap to one of the central requirements of the consent decree which requires officers to not only work with members of neighborhoods to fight and prevent crime, but also ensure that officers routinely patrolled the same part of the city and reported to the same supervisors on a consistent basis that will go a long way towards fulfilling the hundreds of requirements of the consent decree.

And there are many so during a recent meeting, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling.

He said the study will help determine whether Chicagoans are quote, getting enough bang for their buck.

What do you Well, the Chicago Police Department's budget is set to swell to 2.1 billion dollars in 2026.

And to put that in context, that is a full 3rd of every discretionary dollar that the city council has at its disposal.

Now, Mayor Brandon Johnson has said that CPD must transform into a new kind of police department.

One that focuses on the root causes of crime like poverty and mental illness and less so on law enforcement to do that.

He says there should be more non sworn positions in the department.

Civilians should work for Cpt and to do that.

This crew, we'll say exactly what makes sense and what does when was the last time CPD completed a workforce allocation study?

It has been 15 because this is one of the 3rd rails of Chicago politics because police deployment is a 0 sum game.

You can put one officer for a certain amount of time in one part of the city and no city council member wants to vote for something that will reduce police resources in their neck of the which makes it very hard for anybody recommend moving police officers from one part of the city to another part of the city.

Even though we know most of the violent crime in the city happens on the south and the west.

That's the independent monitoring team, which is, of course, the eyes and the ears of the federal judge overseeing this reform effort.

They are out with their latest report on efforts to comply with the consent decree.

>> Where things stand now?

Cpd has fully complied with 22% of the consent decree.

>> Now this workforce allocation study.

We should have the results shortly before the consent decree celebrates its 7th birthday.

Commissioner Room, thanks so