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, ...

This Wednesday and Thursday, U.S. District Judge Robert Dow Jr. will hold the first and only public hearing on the Chicago Police Department Consent Decree, which he's overseeing. From 9:30 a.m. to 3 ...

The City of Memphis Wednesday told the U.S. Department of Justice that it would not enter into a consent decree following the completion of the DOJ's pattern-or-practice investigation. But what is a ...

The city of Minneapolis has agreed to make systemic reforms to its police department after a federal investigation sparked by the 2020 murder of George Floyd found a pattern of civil rights violations ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville taxpayers will soon pay millions over the next five years for federal oversight of the city's police department. On Thursday, Mayor Craig Greenberg announced the city had ...

In 2014, the City of Lima entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address deficiencies ...

FORT SMITH -- A review Tuesday of the City of Fort Smith's consent decree work assessing and fixing hundreds of miles of its sewer system infrastructure is just the first of many to come, city leaders ...

FORECAST. THANKS, ERIC. AND WITH LOUISVILLE’S CONSENT DECREE STILL UP IN THE AIR, COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AROUND IT CONTINUE TODAY. A PANEL DISCUSSION HELD AT ROUTE 101 MUSEUM HOPE TO PROVIDE A BETTER ...

For police reform advocates in Louisville, the promise of a consent decree was a beacon of hope: The court-binding agreement would force the troubled Louisville Metro Police Department to make reforms ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - A legal settlement was reached Friday following years of sexual abuse at a now-shuttered women's prison in Dublin, California, which mandates that the Bureau of Prisons provide ...

CROSS. THE DONATION LINE IS NOW OPEN, FOLKS. PLUS ENDING THE CONSENT DECREE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NO LONGER OVERSEE EFFORTS TO REFORM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. LOUISVILLE’S FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE ...

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 ...