The federal consent decree has governed nearly every aspect of the NOPD since former mayor Mitch Landrieu agreed to it in ...

After 12 years, a judge may lift New Orleans Police consent decree, ending federal oversight supported by city and DOJ.

The New Orleans Police Department’s consent decree, in place for over a decade, may soon come to an end following substantial progress by the department. In ...

The consent decree was enacted more than a decade ago by the United States Department of Justice due to unconstitutional ...

A federal judge said she's prepared to end the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree, if all involved agree to it.

Judge Susie Morgan said Thursday that she would agree to end the order, citing requests of both the city government and the ...

After 13 years of oversight, a federal judge has restored local control of the Seattle Police Department. In a hearing Wednesday, U.S. District Judge James Robart granted the city’s motion to ...

SEATTLE — The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Department have reached a pivotal moment. For more than 13 years, Seattle has been under a federal consent decree due to a pattern of ...

SEATTLE — A judge decided Wednesday that federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department will end. Flanked by members of the Seattle Police Department, Chief Shon Barnes and Seattle Mayor Bruce ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee demanded Friday that the Memphis Police Department comply with a Civil Rights-era consent decree limiting their ability to watch ...

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 ...