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 depth, with the edict's future in question.

WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno wants the U.S. Department of Justice to re-examine consent decrees that it has ...

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.

Following a months-long pause in promotions, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick announced Monday ...

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

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

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

the Department of Justice announced consent decrees for police reform with the cities of Minneapolis and Louisville – court-enforceable agreements born out of probes launched after the 2020 ...

With the federal government freezing civil rights litigation and reconsidering consent decrees under the Trump administration, Louisville's opportunity to transform its police department hangs in ...

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 ...