Consent decrees are one of the few federal tools to encourage systemic reform in police departments, McJunkin said. Since 2009, there have been at least 16 departments that have entered into ...

Consent decrees guide reform within a city's police department at a high cost to taxpayers. Credit: WHAS11 News Department of Justice logo over Louisville, Kentucky skyline.

After 13 years, the consent decree placed on the New Orleans Police Department by the Department of Justice might be coming to an end. A gradual end.

There was lots of talk this week about Facebook's 2011 “consent decree” with the FTC. What's it mean? And why should you care? We break it down.

"A consent decree basically means that the United States Department of Justice takes over the day-to-day management of a criminal justice agency," said Dr. Jeffrey Ian Ross, a professor at the ...

Newark's police department has been undergoing reforms after the imposition of a consent decree. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks activist Larry Hamm about it.

So, there’s no guarantee that consent decrees improve departments, meaning there’s no guarantee Chicago’s will. Why, thus far, does CPD’s consent decree not appear to be doing much?

The US Department of Justice dropped its consent decree against the Louisville Metro Police Department, but police reform will continue as promised.

RICHMOND — Virginia has made enough progress in improving services for people with developmental disabilities that a federal judge this week ended a Justice Department consent decree the state ...

Under Rockford’s 2014 consent decree, the city was ordered to fully fund its stormwater system by 2016 and take steps to establish a stormwater utility fee to cover those costs.

CLEVELAND — As expected, a federal judge has ordered an extension for Cleveland's consent decree, meaning the city's police department will remain under the oversight of an independent monitor ...