It was 2015 when the U.S. Department of Justice ruled that the Cleveland Police Department (CPD) was violating parts of the U ...

Karl Racine says Cleveland police have implemented key polices mandated in the decree. Now, his team is assessing them in ...

The Castro consent decree, which required police departments to hire based on the city's demographics, expired on Dec. 31.

Republican senator asks Attorney General Bondi to examine dismissing federal police reform agreements in Cleveland and other ...

Discussion of three criteria needed to keep the City of Fort Smith in compliance with a federal consent decree is on the ...

Law enforcement officers need to be able to do their jobs and enforce the law without politicians holding them back,” Moreno ...

Federal Monitor Karl Racine has been overseeing it for the last two years. He says he’s seen significant progress, but more work is needed.

As the DOJ freezes civil rights investigations, two pending consent decrees are thrown into doubt. Will they go ahead without ...

This story has been updated to include new information. The U.S. Department of Justice's police reform agreement with ...

Minneapolis council chambers, the city and the Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a historic settlement — a federal consent ...

President's memo on civil rights litigation has put consent decrees in question. During the final weeks of the Biden administration, the Department of Justice announced consent decrees for police ...

According to Racine, some departments have met all requirements and had their Consent Decrees lifted in as little ... the frame for just a moment. The police department here in Cleveland has ...