1.   And the looming consent decree that would bring in a federal monitor to deal with a series of police reforms will make matters only worse, they say.

2.   Another federal monitor barred Carey from running for election after concluding that he cooperated in the fund-raising scheme.

3.   Both sides complained about the slowness of the vote count, with the Hoffa forces suggesting that Ms. Quindel and the federal monitors were seeking to help Carey.

4.   After many years of refusing to rein in brutal officers, the department is now trying to ward off the threat of a federal monitor.

5.   But Chevigny said that a settlement would be better than a lawsuit, and that a federal monitor was not the most desirable solution.

6.   But Giuliani rejected the possibility of a federal monitor to oversee the Police Department, saying any changes he made would not be dictated by the federal government.

7.   But if a federal monitor is such a bad idea, the mayor must come up with something better.

8.   Carey narrowly defeated James Hoffa in the election, but federal monitors overturned his victory after discovering the campaign finance fraud.

9.   Critics of the department say the increase is a direct response to the federal investigation, and is an attempt to head off the appointment of a federal monitor.

10.   Handwritten notes indicated that he was adamantly opposed to entering a consent decree that would let a federal monitor oversee the state police.