Serious use of force incidents, for example, decreased by 15% while the consent decree was in effect. L.A.’s experience is typical: Consent decrees tend to work in reforming police departments.

Minneapolis’ proposed consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice has been dismissed, but city leaders are still pushing for those police reforms to take legal force.

The consent decree was agreed with the City of Minneapolis under the Biden Administration, which followed an extensive DOJ investigation that concluded Minneapolis Police Department had engaged in ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Brian O'Hara address the dismissal of the federal consent decree on May 21.© Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune/TNS ...

A federal judge today granted the United States’ motion to dismiss its consent decree against the City of Minneapolis on May 27. The original federal consent decrees between the Biden ...

Consent decrees had not yet been proposed in the other five retracted investigations. The now canceled consent decrees in Louisville and Minneapolis were awaiting a judge's approval.

The Minneapolis consent decree, a court-enforced improvement plan that follows a civil rights abuse investigation, was reached after the 2020 death of Floyd.

But O’Hara and Frey pledged Minneapolis would move forward, with or without the White House. The police department is also operating under a consent decree with the Minnesota Human Rights ...