Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the U.S. Department of Justice announced last year the results of its nearly two-year "pattern or practice" investigation, ...

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A Monroe County judge has ordered a new mayoral election in Frisco City under a consent decree reached by the parties in a lawsuit contesting the 2025 municipal ...

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CHICAGO — A federal judge ruled Friday that dozens of people arrested during Operation Midway Blitz — including two men detained after a controversial South Shore raid last year — must be released ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal oversight of police reform in Louisville isn’t happening as the Department of Justice (DOJ) moves to end ongoing consent decrees. Consent decrees are legally binding ...

The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (March 3) approved the modification of a federal consent decree that, according ...

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 ...

On Thursday, Louisville officials announced they've reached an agreement on a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice. Here's a look at what that means. What is a federal consent decree? A ...

In its press release, the VIPD stated it “officially achieved compliance with the federal Consent Decree,” adding that the department now enters a “formal monitoring period,” during which continued ...

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 ...

When the U.S. Department of Justice announced last year the results of its nearly two-year "pattern or practice" investigation, they also stated that Louisville Metro and the city's police department ...