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) The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was ...

U.S. District Court Judge James K. Bredar on Thursday turned to a football metaphor to illustrate where the Baltimore Police Department stands under its policing consent decree with the federal ...

The union representing Louisville Metro Police officers filed a motion in federal court opposing the recently signed consent decree between city officials and the U.S. Department of Justice regarding ...

Cleveland Police disproportionately stop, search and arrest Black Clevelanders compared to other races, according to a new ...

The Trump administration is moving to suspend agreements aimed at reforming police departments where the Justice Department identified systemic misconduct, according to a memo issued on Wednesday.

The consent decree is coming back. That is the federal government's main tool to force changes within local police departments. They cover everything from use of force policies to civil rights ...

COPS. THAT’S RIGHT. AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT IT IS TRYING. IT IS USING ADVERTISING TO TRY TO GET RECRUITS, ESPECIALLY SOCIAL MEDIA. AND IT’S OFFERING INCENTIVES AS WELL. NOW, THE JUDGE SAYS ...

The Trump administration found a perverse way of marking the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s tragic death on May 25, 2020. Last week, it announced it would withdraw the court order to reform the ...

ONLY CHANGE. WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING WRONG. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’VE BEEN WORKING FOR EVER SINCE THE CONSENT DECREE HAPPENED. WE KNOW THE RELATIONSHIPS. MAKE SURE THAT CITIZENS ARE SAFE AND THAT ...

The Aurora Police Department is hitting more than half of the 78 mandates set out as part of the consent decree. The Independent Consent Decree Monitor released its latest report on reforming public ...

Minneapolis became the battleground for a national activist-driven debate about defunding police departments. The Democrats running the city are so beholden to those activists that the ensuing years ...