Consent decrees have had mixed results. In Los Angeles, which exited its 12-year agreement in 2013, the police department ...

Even though the federal consent decree has been lifted from the Minneapolis Police Department, they remain under a state ...

The person least surprised by the Justice Department’s decision this week to drop the consent decree granting federal ...

The Trump administration has dismantled key federal oversight mechanisms meant to hold police departments accountable for ...

Five years after George Floyd's death, NPR's Michel Martin took a trip to Minneapolis and spoke to the city's mayor Jacob ...

A smaller, $600,000 county effort would expand an existing program in the suburbs, the committee was told. St. Paul Police ...

The Department of Justice said it’s pulling back from policing changes. Will cities and states have the tools to enforce them ...

This Sunday marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. In a video that shocked the world and spurred a global movement for racial justice, ...

The consent decree stipulated a series of reforms to Minneapolis Police Department following George Floyd's murder.

Photo: Getty Images North America Nearly five years ago, George Floyd’s killing sparked nationwide protests and forced Americans to reckon with racism and injustice against Black people. While there’s ...

When Brian O'Hara arrived in Minneapolis as the new chief of police in 2022, he found a department that was "decimated" amid backlash after the killing of George Floyd.