Federal Monitor Karl Racine has been overseeing it for the last two years. He says he’s seen significant progress, but more ...

Senator Bernie Moreno (Ohio-R) sent a letter to the new U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, asking that Cleveland’s Consent ...

Minneapolis is implementing its consent decree, prioritizing community trust and transparency over political expediency.

There is some hope by Fort Smith officials that a new president in the White House or different agency oversight could give ...

Karl Racine says Cleveland police have implemented key polices mandated in the decree. Now, his team is assessing them in depth, with the edict's future in question.

A day after Attorney General Pam Bondi was confirmed, Senator Bernie Moreno wrote her a letter asking to reexamine ...

The U.S. Department of Justice requested a 30-day extension to file materials related to the Louisville police reform consent decree a judge requested. U.S. District Judge Benjamin Beaton ...

For example, he pointed to several reforms already ... Even if it goes away, she wants to mirror the consent decree's reforms in local legislation she calls "the people's consent decree." ...

However, it’s unclear that this supposed loophole would apply in consent decrees like Cleveland’s 111-page 2015 police-use-of-force decree-- adopted pursuant to a federal law that specifically ...

For example, Jansssen said she expects jail staff to continue to classify people in-person if this area of the consent decree is terminated early, but that they will no longer have to be visited ...

Minneapolis is taking the necessary steps to implement its consent decree, prioritizing community trust and transparency over political expediency. Louisville must follow this example. The ...