A consent decree is a legal negotiation between the Department of Justice and the police department of the city in which it's being instituted.

Consent decrees have been credited with bettering some of the country's 18,000 police departments. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, the city and the DOJ looked to suspend certain elements of their ...

The agreements, called consent decrees, are approved by a federal judge and are used as a monitoring system for police department reform when an investigation finds that it is needed.

The cameras packed up. The press conference mics were turned off. And Louisville Metro Government, along with its police department, started work on its new consent decree with the U.S. Department ...

A consent decree is a court-enforced agreement between parties — in this case, the DOJ and LMPD along with city government — that includes steps to correct issues, ...

The U.S. Department of Justice requested, for a second time, a 30-day extension to file materials related to the consent decree, which would guide police reform. The extension, which was approved ...

CPD reached preliminary compliance in 34% of consent decree paragraphs, and the other 7% of the consent decree paragraphs had not reached any level of compliance.

The consent decree will be used to guide police practices following a two-year investigation into Louisville Metro Police. SEE IT: The Birdsell Castle in Charlestown, Indiana, is on the market.

A new monitor’s report heaped praise on the Chicago Police Department’s consent-decree adherence between July 1 – Dec. 31, 2024, during which time the city hosted the 2024 Democratic National… ...

The consent decree will guide police practices moving forward, the result of nearly two years of negotiations between local leaders and federal officials.