Those removed include Paul Killebrew, who was the deputy chief of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.
— Read on www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2025/05/06/doj-attorneys-withdraw-louisville-consent-decree-federal-shakeup/83457670007/

This is a unique position. Reform CPD even when the reform agreement has ended. Policing is local so CPD can continue to work on the suggested DOJ reforms. CPD is free to work on any type of reform it wants to. But why? Chicago didn’t suggest CPD reform until after the DOJ investigation called for reform.

CHICAGO — One of the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump this week seeks to end all federal consent decrees governing reform efforts by police departments across the country.
— Read on www.gazettextra.com/news/nation_world/despite-trump-s-order-chicago-consent-decree-mandating-police-reform-will-remain-in-effect/article_8ba2e73b-6f21-5172-ac69-c42b12cc83c7.html

Federal investigators had identified at least eight police departments with patterns of unlawful behavior. But Trump’s freeze on oversight activities leaves many reform efforts in the hands of local leaders.
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-freeze-police-reform-abuse-phoenix-trenton-louisville-minneapolis

As the Trump administration abandons consent decrees — court-ordered agreements designed to curb police misconduct — experts warn that a crucial mechanism for law enforcement accountability is disappearing.
— Read on www.law360.com/articles/2306891/trump-doj-s-shift-threatens-to-upend-police-reform

WASHINGTON, D. C. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno wants the U.S. Department of Justice to re-examine consent decrees that it has reached over the years to reform police practices in Cleveland and other cities.

The freshman Westlake Republican is sending a letter to newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi that seeks her views on voluntarily dismissing consent decrees with state and local governments, citing a U.S. Supreme Court precedent on enforcement of consent decrees.
— Read on www.cleveland.com/news/2025/02/us-sen-bernie-moreno-urges-doj-to-review-police-consent-decree-in-cleveland-and-other-cities.html

On February 2, 2024, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and the City of Minneapolis (City) announced that Effective Law Enforcement for Allwas selected as the monitoring team for the state court enforceable agreement. 

The monitoring team plays an important role in supporting and holding the City and Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) accountable to address race-based policing by strengthening public safety.
— Read on mn.gov/mdhr/mpd/monitor/

Read the inaugural report HERE

Report on Stop & Frisk.

See the report here:

www.nypdmonitor.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025.02.03-Floyd-Dkt.-952-1-Monitors-23rd-Report.pdf