Seattle has filed to end a federal consent decree imposed on the city's police department following a 2012 investigation that ...

The 54-page consent decree applies to all English language learners in the district, although 87 percent of those students are native Spanish speakers. DPS could apply to the court to have the ...

Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the city of Seattle has filed for federal court approval to terminate the consent decree ...

Mayor Harrell files for court approval to terminate the Seattle police consent decree and revise crowd management policies.

It’s time to secure a systemwide, public safety consent decree that protects our rights. Such a decree would span the city, county and state agencies that make up the criminal justice system, ...

Consent decrees last until a judge is satisfied that a city has met the ... who came from Newark, where he served as public safety director. Image. In Minneapolis, the new chief is Brian O ...

The consent decree, she said, is a commitment to "ensure sustainable, constitutional and effective public safety and emergency response services in Louisville." How long does a consent decree last?

Consent decrees have been used in other cities, like Baltimore, Cleveland and New Orleans and have proven effective. In New Orleans, residents' approval rating of the police department grew from ...

As the scope of the consent decree that governs Chicago’s public safety reforms has grown, so, too, has the city’s legal tab. From 2019 through 2023 — the first five years of the consent ...

Newark's police department has been undergoing reforms after the imposition of a consent decree. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks activist Larry Hamm about it.

Consent decrees have been used in other cities, like Baltimore, Cleveland and New Orleans and have proven effective. In New Orleans, residents' approval rating of the police department grew from ...

The consent decree, she said, is a commitment to "ensure sustainable, constitutional and effective public safety and emergency response services in Louisville." How long does a consent decree last?