The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was canceling proposed consent decrees reached with Minneapolis and Louisville to implement policing reforms in the wake of high profile police killings.

The decrees are legal agreements mandating changes overseen by both a federal court and an independent monitor. Such investigations, agreement negotiations and reform plans often take years to unfold.

The Trump administration is seeking to dismiss the U.S. Justice Department’s consent decree with the city of Minneapolis that calls for far-reaching reforms to its Police Department.

Federal consent decrees that hold police departments accountable for alleged civil rights abuses are in jeopardy under President-elect Trump — but one here in Philly is out of his administration ...

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 ...

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was canceling proposed consent decrees reached with Minneapolis and Louisville to implement policing reforms in the wake of high profile police killings.

Some decrees are designed to be completed in five years, which was the timeframe in which former President Joe Biden’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, ...

Consent decrees are settlements of the investigation findings that do not require admissions of guilt, but put in place a court-enforced improvement plan that requires agencies to meet specific ...

FILE – The Department of Justice seal is seen during a news conference Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File) ...