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

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.

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.

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Louisville’s “Community Commitment” police reform plan omits some provisions from the consent decree negotiated with the U.S. Department of Justice. Some changes are to provisions meant to ...

Oklahoma’s mental health agency is under intense scrutiny after missing a key consent decree deadline meant to improve treatment for defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial, prompting leadership ...

Should consent decree end? Ford’s and Howell’s comments are among hundreds received by U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan, who signed the consent decree in 2013 and has since overseen it, on ...

The Minneapolis Police Department is no longer under federal oversight after a judge ruled on Tuesday to dismiss a proposed consent decree "with prejudice," meaning it can't be filed again.

Less than a week after the Trump administration moved to dismiss a consent decree outlining reforms for the Minneapolis Police Department, a federal judge has signed off on their request, marking ...

A consent decree is a federal, legally bound agreement used to mandate reforms within a city or agency. Louisville and the U.S. Department of Justice agreed in principle to one back in March 2023 ...

A shake-up in the U.S. Department of Justice has cast uncertainty over the future of the sustainment period of the NOPD's federal consent decree. Community advocates warn that the DOJ’s ...

“I mean it is a little late,” Johnson said. ... Even though in-person public meetings have wrapped up, the judge overseeing the consent decree is taking public input until November 8th.