The consent decree is a binding court order granting a federal judge oversight of the police department. WTTW News Explains how that works in practice.
"Live PD," which airs on A&E and embeds cameras in police units throughout the United States, has been canceled by the network amid calls for reforms of police departments throughout the US. The ...
One of the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on Monday seeks to end all federal consent decrees governing reform efforts by police departments across the country. But Chicago’s consent ...
The 2011 federal consent decree changed the course of an NOPD thought of as a national symbol of bad policing. “This community loves on their police department. This police department loves on their ...
Nearly five years since the police murder of Minneapolis resident George Floyd sparked fundamental changes in the way numerous U.S. police departments operated, the Justice Department has reversed ...
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