The Justice Department announced it will abandon negotiations for court-approved settlements with police departments in two U.S. cities despite previous findings that authorities regularly violated ...

Cleveland's police reforms earn praise as a federal assessment highlights significant progress in use of force, crisis ...

In this edition of Unpacking the Issue, we explore the Fort Smith Consent Decree—an agreement that has shaped life in Fort Smith since 2015. From higher water and utility bills to increased sales ...

The Consent Decree Monitoring Team and a federal judge found the department is in full compliance with its technology, and ...

CROSS. THE DONATION LINE IS NOW OPEN, FOLKS. PLUS ENDING THE CONSENT DECREE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NO LONGER OVERSEE EFFORTS TO REFORM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. LOUISVILLE’S FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE ...

More than four years after the U.S. Department of Justice launched a wide-ranging investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department that led to the signing of a police reform consent decree, ...

Aki Nace has been a web producer for CBS Minnesota since 2019. She covers breaking news and makes short-form documentary films. Reg Chapman joined WCCO-TV in May of 2009. He came to WCCO from WNBC-TV ...

Federal oversight of the New Orleans Police Department, which began nearly 13 years ago under a wide-ranging federal consent decree, has been terminated, following an informal “final proceeding” in ...

BLINDSIDED WITH THE LATEST HERE. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? WELL, THE DEPARTMENT IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN RECRUITMENT, BUT A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD AND CITY POLICE IS PREVENTING ...

The Department of Justice is asking a judge to dismiss its federal consent decree against the City of Minneapolis. If dismissed, the City of Minneapolis still has an agreement in place with the state ...