The City of Worcester paid more than $200,000 to a lawyer who pushed back on the Department of Justice's findings in its investigation of the Worcester Police Department.

The city of Worcester paid over $200K to a lawyer who publicly critiqued the DOJ's findings after an investigation into the WPD.

The so-called pattern or practice probe into the Worcester police, announced in December, has yet to result in such a binding court agreement. Changes at the U.S. Attorney's Office It was not immediately clear Thursday whether the Justice Department would cease all follow-up on the Worcester report.

A Worcester spokesperson confirmed with MassLive that there have been no changes with respect to negotiations with the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) over a damning report about the city’s police department,