Mayor Greenberg announced on Monday that a request for proposals has been issued for those interested in the independent ...

A request for proposals has been announced as the next step in finding an independent monitor for Louisville’s consent decree ...

The Detroit Police Department emerged from a consent decree in 2016 after 13 years. In a 2021 memo outlining principles of consent decrees, Merrick B. Garland, the attorney general, ...

For comparison, New Orleans has been under a consent decree for over a decade and pays around $7 million a year. Future of Louisville police reform.

Now, the city will have to demonstrate compliance with a new set of standards from the decree — including only serving search warrants between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. unless a court grants approval ...

The consent decree is a court agreement that will govern reforms in the Chicago Police Department, including everything from use of force and training, to officer accountability.

A consent decree is a court-enforced agreement between parties — in this case, the DOJ and LMPD along with city government — that includes steps to correct issues, ...

Republican U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell in February urged Garland to end the consent decree, noting that city has spent nearly $25 million on it, including $10 million in monitor payments, and it hasn ...

Louisville's consent decree will require a list of reforms within LMPD and guide changes to policy and procedure for the next few years. The 248-page document outlines plans to monitor various ...

Of the 81 key objectives outlined in the consent decree agreement, LMPD will be required to will revise its use-of-force and training policies, improve search warrant practices, ...

Still, the consent decree is almost always the government’s most potent tool for reforming law enforcement agencies. By and large, experts say, consent decrees work, at least for as long as the ...

The Trump administration has presented Columbia University with a proposal for a consent decree, a form of federal oversight that would give a judge responsibility for ensuring Columbia complies ...