The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office has been under a consent decree for over a decade, with no timetable on when it might end ...

It takes six months to fill a job in city government — if you’re lucky. Writers Conor Durkin and Richard Day break down the ...

A federal judge said she was prepared to release Newark from a 2016 consent decree imposed after investigators found the city’s police routinely used excessive force and conducted unconstitutional ...

Wisconsin prison officials have met all requirements of a court-ordered plan to reform a troubled youth correctional facility. The facility, under a consent decree since 2017, has eliminated pepper ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Tennessee State Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) spoke to Congress Tuesday, the second official day of operations for the Memphis Safe Task Force, a collection of 13 federal agencies ...

The consent decree, entered in Tulsa federal court, deals with the treatment of people judged mentally incompetent for adjudication.

The City of Santa Monica has reaffirmed its commitment to permanently close Santa Monica Airport at the end of 2028, even as officials weigh a proposal from commercial air carrier JSX to begin ...

A coalition of police reform groups is raising new concerns about a significant increase in the number of times Chicago police officers are using force against members of the public. Chicago Tonight ...

V.I. Police are moving closer to re-entering “sustained compliance” with a federal consent decree, which is intended to prevent officers from using unreasonable physical force and committing civil ...

Oklahoma’s mental health department hasn’t met the required benchmarks of a consent decree settling a 2023 lawsuit, according to a report published Friday, Sept. 26. The agency has produced ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said an independent monitor has been chosen to oversee progress on the city's police reform plan. Effective Law Enforcement for All (ELEFA) was ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Months after the search began, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has announced the city’s Independent Monitor. The search for the Independent Monitor began when the U.S.