Although his predecessor, Bernard Parks, was lukewarm on it, former Chief William J. Bratton, who ran the department from late 2002 to 2009, embraced the consent decree.

Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton asserts that the court-monitored consent decree should not be extended, even though the LAPD hasn’t complied with its most important provision ...

He said LAPD officials had taken the consent decree "to heart." "They used it as a guide to change their culture," Villaraigosa said. A federal judge formally dismissed the final remnants of the ...

I think the consent decree is why the LAPD is so highly rated now for its integrity and improvements in race relations, particularly in the African-American community. ...

The consent decree resulted from the LAPD’s Rampart Division corruption scandal of the late 1990s, in which officers in the anti-gang unit admitted or were implicated in a wide range of crimes, ...

The LAPD's civil rights consent decree just got extended this past summer for another three years. Do videos like this and witness accounts help end this… ...

"In these last 12 years, the Los Angeles Police Department did not just comply with consent decree, they took it to heart," Villaraigosa said. "They used it as a guide to change their culture." ...

A federal judge has released the Los Angeles Police Department from a consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department. The LAPD signed the decree in 2001 after the Rampart scandal, in which anti ...

A U.S. District judge has released the Los Angeles Police Department from an eight-year long consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice. The… ...

Last Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department got out from under eight years of federal oversight. Judge Gary Feess ended a consent decree imposed after the Rampart scandal in 2001, in which officers ...

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan on Friday signed a consent decree to reform the city's police department. The agreement was approved Thursday in a city council ...

Twelve years of federal oversight of the Los Angeles Police Department officially ended this week when a federal judge formally dismissed the consent decree that changed how the department handled ...