While officials touted similarities between a new police reform plan and the defunct DOJ consent decree, a Courier Journal analysis found differences.

Consent decrees are legally binding agreements that require a list of reforms within a police department and guide changes to policy and procedure for the foreseeable future.

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.

CPD reached preliminary compliance in 34% of consent decree paragraphs, and the other 7% of the consent decree paragraphs had not reached any level of compliance.

Oklahoma lawmakers approved legislation and a consent decree aimed at reducing mental health treatment wait times for inmates deemed incompetent to stand trial, with new oversight measures to ...

The consent decree negotiated between Louisville and U.S. DOJ will be dismissed, leaving questions about the future of LMPD oversight.

Louisville’s “Community Commitment” police reform plan omits some provisions from the consent decree negotiated with the U.S. Department of Justice. Some changes are to provisions meant to ...

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.

Oklahoma lawmakers approved legislation and a consent decree aimed at reducing mental health treatment wait times for inmates deemed incompetent to stand trial, with new oversight measures to ...

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