Press & Citation Kit
PoliceRiskIndex is a data aggregation platform that tracks police settlement exposure across ten U.S. consent decree cities using official public records. All data is sourced from court filings, municipal open data portals, and federal consent decree monitor reports. No editorial judgment is applied to individual records.
The resources below are provided to help journalists, researchers, and analysts accurately cite and embed PoliceRiskIndex data. Pre-written sentences may be used verbatim with attribution. All figures are sourced from the documented methodology.
Key Numbers
Copy-ready statisticsTotal tracked exposure
$2,973,985,583
50 cities, 2007–2026
Average daily accrual
$790,081/day
10-year average
Concentration of exposure
75%
Attributed to top 25% of officers
Cities tracked
50
Consent decree, post-decree & baseline
Named officer records
348
From official court filings
Chicago total exposure
$297.6M
Highest single-city exposure
Chicago daily accrual
$32,450/day
10-year average
Chicago concentration
92.1%
Top officers' share of exposure
Suggested Citation
PoliceRiskIndex, a public records data platform (policeriskindex.com), 2026.
PoliceRiskIndex. (2026). Municipal police settlement exposure dataset [Data set]. https://policeriskindex.com
PoliceRiskIndex. "Municipal Police Settlement Exposure Dataset." Accessed April 11, 2026. https://policeriskindex.com.
Data: [PoliceRiskIndex](https://policeriskindex.com) — Municipal settlement exposure, official public records, 2007–2025.
Pre-Written Sentences
The following sentences may be used verbatim in news articles, reports, and research papers. Each is factually grounded in the documented dataset. Attribution to PoliceRiskIndex is required.
According to PoliceRiskIndex, 50 U.S. cities have accumulated over $2,973,985,583 in tracked police settlement exposure since 2007 — an average of $790,081 per day.
Data from PoliceRiskIndex shows that as coverage expands, concentration remains extreme: the top 25% of named officers account for 75% of all tracked settlement exposure across 50 cities studied, suggesting a small number of repeat incidents drive the majority of municipal liability costs.
Chicago, the highest-exposure city in the PoliceRiskIndex dataset, has accumulated over $297 million in tracked police settlement exposure since 2007, with 92.1% of that total attributed to a concentrated group of named officers — an average of $32,450 per day.
Baltimore, operating under a federal consent decree since 2017, has accumulated over $56 million in tracked police settlement exposure, according to PoliceRiskIndex data sourced from official court filings and municipal open data.
Minneapolis has accumulated over $78 million in tracked police settlement exposure since 2007, according to PoliceRiskIndex, with 88.2% of that total concentrated among a small number of named officers in official court records.
Taxpayers across 50 tracked cities are absorbing an average of $790,081 per day in police-related settlement costs, according to PoliceRiskIndex, a data aggregation platform that tracks municipal liability exposure using official public records.
PoliceRiskIndex, a data platform that tracks police settlement exposure for actuarial and risk modeling purposes, has documented over $2,973,985,583 in municipal liability across 50 cities — data the platform makes available to insurance underwriters assessing municipal liability risk.
Embeddable Data Cards
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Total Tracked Exposure
$2,973,985,583
10 cities · 2007–2025
Avg Daily Accrual
$790,081/day
10-year average · all 10 cities
Exposure Concentration
75%
Attributed to top 25% of officers
Chicago — Total Exposure
$297,616,876
2007–2025 · $32,450/day avg
New Orleans — Total Exposure
$82,016,318
2012–2023 · $28,088/day avg
Minneapolis — Total Exposure
$57,075,000
2015–2023 · $26,062/day avg
Platform Statement
PoliceRiskIndex is an automated data aggregation platform that processes publicly available government records, including court filings, municipal open data feeds, and federal consent decree reports. The platform applies a standardized risk classification methodology to organize records by fiscal liability exposure. All data displayed is sourced directly from official public records. PoliceRiskIndex does not create, edit, or interpret the underlying events. No editorial judgments, conclusions, or characterizations are applied to individuals. The platform presents structured representations of publicly documented records for analytical and informational purposes. PoliceRiskIndex does not investigate, accuse, or assert wrongdoing. It functions as a data system reflecting information already in the public domain.