The Baltimore Police Department itself has called the consent decree “a mandate for positive transformation to benefit the community and the Department.” But now, as the Justice Department backs away ...

The city filed motions in U.S. District Court on Tuesday asking for the end of more than 13 years of federal oversight of the ...

The consent decree stipulated a series of reforms to Minneapolis Police Department following George Floyd's murder.

The Minneapolis City Council Tuesday pulled back a directive that would have called on City Attorney Kristyn Anderson’s ...

Elected officials in Minneapolis say they won’t let President Donald Trump explode five years of police reform efforts. After the Justice Department asked a judge to dissolve the Police ...

Earlier this month, a similar consent decree was announced in Minneapolis after years of investigation into its police force. The DOJ inquiry, launched in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, uncovered ...

Both Minneapolis and Louisville officials said they would continue reform efforts despite the federal pullback. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey pledged to follow the 169-page federal consent decree, ...

Seattle has filed to end a federal consent decree imposed on the city's police department following a 2012 investigation that ...

Seattle entered a settlement agreement in 2012 with the U.S. Department of Justice following an investigation that estimated ...

While officials touted similarities between a new police reform plan and the defunct DOJ consent decree, a Courier Journal analysis found differences.

Seattle Mayor Harrell seeks to end federal oversight of the police after reforming crowd management policies. SEATTLE — ...

FORT SMITH -- A review Tuesday of the City of Fort Smith's consent decree work assessing and fixing hundreds of miles of its sewer system infrastructure is just the first of many to come, city ...