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 ...

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was canceling proposed consent decrees reached with Minneapolis and Louisville to implement policing reforms in the wake of the killings of George Floyd ...

FOR YOU IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. BUT ALSO BREAKING HERE AT HOME. THE NOPD CONSENT DECREE IS FINALLY COMING TO AN END AFTER MORE THAN 12 YEARS. THE FEDERAL JUDGE OVERSEEING THOSE REFORMS NOW AN AGREEMENT ...

LSU NEWS AT FOUR STARTS RIGHT NOW. A HISTORIC SHIFT IN NEW ORLEANS POLICING MET WITH MIXED REACTIONS. JUDGE SUSIE MORGAN SIGNED AN ORDER TODAY ENDING FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF THE NOPD. WDSU REPORTER ...

Louisville’s “Community Commitment” police reform plan omits some provisions from the consent decree negotiated with the U.S. Department of Justice. Some changes are to provisions meant to address ...

GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH, AND I’M RICK VAN HOOSE. IT’S BEEN A WEEK SINCE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ENDED ITS CONSENT DECREE WITH LOUISVILLE. BUT TODAY, SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS GATHERED DOWNTOWN ...

Baltimore City stands at a crossroads—between fragile progress and a perilous retreat. As the U.S. Department of Justice continues scaling back its civil rights oversight, the city’s landmark police ...

(The Center Square) – The Trump administration has scaled back federal oversight of police departments, but Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul remains a strong supporter of the consent decree in ...

Oklahoma lawmakers approved legislation and a consent decree aimed at reducing mental health treatment wait times for inmates deemed incompetent to stand trial, with new oversight measures to ensure ...

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A federal judge has finally dismissed the police reform consent decree between the federal government and Louisville officials, more than half a year after the U.S. Department of Justice, in a ...