After the city of Cleveland agreed to the consent decree, a federal monitoring team has overseen the police department's reform efforts, with former Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an executive order on Tuesday instructing the city to fully implement all reforms outlined in a federal consent decree weeks after its dismissal.

With the 47th president in office, members of the new administration have moved to roll back consent decrees and further empower and protect local law enforcement throughout the country.

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

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order on Tuesday to “codify and accelerate" the city's police reform efforts after the Trump administration moved to dismiss the federal consent decree ...

Chicago's consent decree — in place since 2019 — isn't going anywhere, ... and post-judgment orders to which a state or local law enforcement agency is a party and modify, ...

CLEVELAND — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that calls for the U.S. Department of Justice to review all federal consent decrees involving state or local law enforcement ...

The 12-year-old consent decree restricts OPSO from engaging in immigration enforcement, including holding individuals for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), unless there’s a court order ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order Tuesday telling city staff to fully implement the terms of the now-dismissed settlement to reform the Minneapolis Police Department.

The decision reverses the use of consent decrees to ensure accountability of law enforcement agencies. It comes days before the anniversary of George Floyd's murder by a police officer.

Six DOJ attorneys pursuing the enforcement of Louisville’s consent decree were removed on May 2. The move follows a recent executive order calling for the review of consent decrees, as well as a ...