The consent decree has been in place since 2012, following a federal investigation that uncovered patterns of misconduct within the department.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office has been under a consent decree for over a decade, with no timetable on when it might end. During an Oct. 14 consent decree hearing, the OPSO ...

Attorneys for the National Immigrant Justice Center have argued hundreds of undocumented migrants arrested by federal agents ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The United States Department of Justice has officially filed its opposition to the Chicago Police Department's consent decree. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Friday that his ...

When video of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald finally surfaced in November 2015, ...

The legal agreement with the DOJ mandates jail upgrades, but leaves the deadlines to the implementation schedule.

A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring ICE to better document and report probable cause ...

A judge ended federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department on Wednesday, more than 10 years after it entered a consent decree with the Department of Justice. In 2012, the Justice Department ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to make it easier for towns and cities to remove unhoused people from the streets, and pushes for the removal of consent ...

The number of Aurora Police Department car chases increased exponentially after the department changed its pursuit policy in March, according to the latest Independent Consent Decree Monitor report.

Baltimore City's police commissioner, Richard Worley, spoke during a quarterly consent decree hearing about a viral video ...

CHICAGO — A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests and ...