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

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 ...

Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the city of Seattle has filed for federal court approval to terminate the consent decree ...

The consent decree, she said, is a commitment to "ensure sustainable, constitutional and effective public safety and emergency response services in Louisville." How long does a consent decree last?

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

It’s time to secure a systemwide, public safety consent decree that protects our rights. Such a decree would span the city, county and state agencies that make up the criminal justice system, ...

Consent decrees have been used in other cities, like Baltimore, Cleveland and New Orleans and have proven effective. In New Orleans, residents' approval rating of the police department grew from ...

Consent decrees have been used in other cities, like Baltimore, Cleveland and New Orleans and have proven effective. In New Orleans, residents' approval rating of the police department grew from ...

As the scope of the consent decree that governs Chicago’s public safety reforms has grown, so, too, has the city’s legal tab. From 2019 through 2023 — the first five years of the consent ...

A federal judge on Tuesday granted the United States’ motion to dismiss its consent decree against the City of Minneapolis. In the filing, the court states, “the Court has grave misgivings ...

“The Consent Decree, far from improving public safety, has crippled NOPD’s ability to recruit and retain officers, which in turn has sent the City’s crime rate soaring.” ...