Body-worn camera footage serves as valuable training material for the city’s Police Department in its post-Laquan McDonald ...

It's part of the city's plan for police reform after the U.S. Department of Justice, under President Donald Trump's ...

Mayor Greenberg announced on Monday that a request for proposals has been issued for those interested in the independent ...

Louisville Metro Government has shared feedback from listening sessions and the application details for the independent ...

A new report from CPD shows a sizable year-over-year increase in reports of both use-of-force and firearm-pointing incidents by Chicago cops. The upticks come as the department continues its efforts ...

The City Council Public Safety Committee is hosting a public hearing on police accountability Tuesday afternoon.

Consent decrees allowing the Department of Justice to oversee and resolve issues around unconstitutional policing were introduced in 1994, when Congress passed the Violent Crime Control and Law ...

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel said at the Monday status conference that the ...

A Louisiana law that creates criminal penalties for local law enforcement officers who do not fully cooperate with federal ...

Still, the consent decree is almost always the government’s most potent tool for reforming law enforcement agencies. By and large, experts say, consent decrees work, at least for as long as the ...