Some members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors are not letting go of the hope that new leadership in Washington, D.C., ...

U.S. Justice Department attorneys on Thursday won a second 30-day stay on the pending consent decree case between Minneapolis ...

Federal Judge Benjamin Beaton formerly requested the DOJ and Metro Government provide additional information about the need for a consent decree.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion Wednesday to continue a pause on the Minneapolis Police Department’s pending ...

City Council passed a nonbinding resolution denouncing the Defund SPD movement and acknowledging the city’s actions to reform ...

Finally, after years of community outcry and protest, Louisville has entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to correct unconstitutional and discriminatory policing ...

Louisville's 242-page consent decree was signed in December after months of negotiations. It sought to address violations found by the DOJ in a scathing investigation released in March 2023.

City of Minneapolis reaches tentative agreement with DOJ on federal consent decree; Frey calls special city council meeting ...

They ask that DOJ investigations accord a state or local ... for letting underlings cut consent-decree deals without high-level supervision, or leaving monitors’ conflicts of interest ...

This week, the DOJ requested, for a second time, a 30-day extension to file materials related to the consent decree, which would guide the city's police reform. Metro Government press secretary ...