A federal judge has approved a request made by the U.S. Department of Justice to pause proceedings in the consent decree ...

A federal judge has paused the review of the consent decree between the Minneapolis City Council and the U.S. Department of Justice, which ordered expansive reforms to the city's police department.

A federal judge has agreed to temporarily pause his review of the consent decree between the U.S. Department of Justice and ...

It is not unexpected, but the U.S. Department of Justice is requesting a pause in the new federal consent decree agreement ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno wants the U.S. Department of Justice to re-examine consent decrees that it has reached over the years to reform police practices in Cleveland and other ...

Since then, numerous cities have been forced into signing “consent decrees” that essentially turn over management of their police to outside “monitors” who too often lack a deep and ...

Wolfe was separately directed to notify Trump-appointed department leaders of any consent decrees -- court-enforceable agreements to reform police agencies -- the Biden administration reached with ...

This will "test the elasticity of the constitutional protections," he says. Officials in the Trump Justice Department have ordered a temporary freeze on any ongoing cases being litigated by the ...

About seven years ago, Randolph’s town leadership started to discuss what would happen after the expiration of a federal consent decree that required the police department to hire based on the city’s ...

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Two pending police consent decrees have been thrown into doubt, though they have strong local support. On January 21, a freeze on any new civil rights litigation was ordered “until further notice,” as ...