Another ongoing consent decree with the New Orleans Police Department began in 2013. After the consent decree conditions are met, departments often also have to complete a maintenance period to ...

Louisville mayor and police officials joined U.S. Department of Justice representatives to discuss a "civil rights ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it formally supports Seattle's motion to terminate a ...

Chicago Police Department brass accused Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration of deliberately slowing down paychecks for ...

None of the alderpeople at the sparsely attended committee hearing pressed CPD officials about why the department had fully ...

In the rare instance that a police department does not agree to the consent decree terms, the Justice Department has in the past filed a lawsuit to force the reforms, as it did in Colorado City ...

Another ongoing consent decree with the New Orleans Police Department began in 2013. After the consent decree conditions are met, departments often also have to complete a maintenance period to ...

Consent decrees had not yet been proposed in the other five retracted investigations. The now canceled consent decrees in Louisville and Minneapolis were awaiting a judge's approval.

Another ongoing consent decree with the New Orleans Police Department began in 2013. After the consent decree conditions are met, departments often also have to complete a maintenance period to ...

How federal consent decrees have been used in police reform across the US The Department of Justice seal is seen during a news conference Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. Credit: AP ...