FORT SMITH -- The city was given a limited timeline and unpredictable circumstances but leaders are still committed to completing consent decree work a decade later. Fort Smith entered into the ...

FILE - The Department of Justice seal is seen during a news conference Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File) (George Walker Iv ...

Learn how administrative orders-on-consent (AOCs) help resolve environmental damage violations and outline responsibilities for businesses and governments.

The U.S. Department of Justice has dismissed the consent decree that would have added oversight to Louisville Metro Government and LMPD. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has said the city will take ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to review all police consent decrees, including the one that has been in place in Cleveland for a decade. In an ...

The Department of Justice move comes days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, prompting public outcry from local leaders. The Trump administration has moved to dismiss a ...

Six DOJ attorneys pursuing the enforcement of Louisville’s consent decree were removed on May 2. The move follows a recent executive order calling for the review of consent decrees, as well as a mass ...

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was canceling proposed consent decrees reached with Minneapolis and Louisville to implement policing reforms in the wake of the killings of George Floyd ...