The Trump administration is dismissing investigations into several major US police departments, as well as consent decrees in ...

Consent decrees have had mixed results. In Los Angeles, which exited its 12-year agreement in 2013, the police department continues to face excessive-use allegations and lawsuits.

The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform the legal defense known as "qualified immunity," which can protect cops ...

The Justice Department moved Wednesday to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville that called for an overhaul of ...

The Justice Department said Wednesday it is moving to drop police reform agreements reached with the cities of Louisville, ...

The consent decrees had been in place since the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the killing of Breonna Taylor ...

Police reform advocates pledged to intensify their efforts at the local level after the U.S. Justice Department said it would ...

Clergy, community leaders and a large group of residents complained about the Oklahoma City Police Department's mass arrests ...

Embassy shooting Two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot and killed while standing outside the Capital Jewish ...