The independent monitor is expected to be a group, likely a law firm or an organization with a background in law enforcement ...

City Council members are pursuing a separate plan to fold the federal agreement into a state settlement; the city attorney ...

The governor claims a tentative settlement of a lawsuit brought over traffic violation prosecutions cedes all enforcement ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an executive order on Tuesday instructing the city to fully implement all reforms ...

In Aug. 2016, two years after the police shooting death of Michael Brown, Jr., U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry approved a 131-page consent agreement between the City of Ferguson and the U. S.

The Justice Department under the Biden administration opened 12 civil rights investigations into law enforcement agencies, but this is the first that has reached a consent decree. The Justice ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order Tuesday telling city staff to fully implement the terms of the ...

The Trump administration’s request to scrap the federal consent decree drew ire from activists and Minneapolis officials as the request came just days before the fifth anniversa ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order on Tuesday to “codify and accelerate" the city's police reform efforts ...

Trump has long opposed consent decrees, calling them a “war on ... The same independent auditor, Effective Law Enforcement for All (ELEFA), was ultimately picked for both the state and ...

Minneapolis’ proposed consent ... decree that would have outlined sweeping reforms to the Minneapolis Police Department, part of a push by the Trump administration to dissolve efforts to hold ...