The Fraternal Order of Police is trying yet again to slow down negotiations aimed at forcing federal court oversight over the Chicago Police Department just as an attorney representing Black Lives Matter and other groups is saying the “clock is ticking” on a consent decree.

University of Chicago law professor Craig Futterman, lead counsel for those groups, said the city and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who is not running for re-election, need to wrap up negotiations within days to guarantee two-to-four weeks of public input on the consent decree before a Sept. 1 court deadline.

“If you’re building in something like two-to-four-weeks for public comment and further negotiations by the city and state that could take up to another four weeks, you’re now in September,” Futterman said Friday.

“If you don’t do that now or soon, you’re risking not having either an opportunity for public feedback, which would be devastating to all the parties. Or not having sufficient time just to review because there’s a new attorney general who could have a completely different mission and a new mayor, for that matter.”

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