Louisville consent decree: Group demands more negotiation …
1 day ago · Chaute Jessup, a spokesperson for the People's Consent Decree Coalition, said the group is asking Greenberg to acknowledge previous demands made by the group, including allowing community ...
Under Fire, Mayor Brandon Johnson Reverses Deep Cuts to Police …
1 day ago · Mayor Brandon Johnson said he will ask the Chicago City Council to restore 162 now-vacant positions to the Chicago Police Department charged with implementing the court order known as the consent decree. Johnson reversed course after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the team monitoring the city’s compliance with the consent decree warned the cuts would make it impossible for the ...
Mayor Johnson reverses plan to cut CPD positions tasked with ... - CBS News
1 day ago · The consent decree was ordered by a federal court in 2019. The decree's purpose was to end CPD's decades of systemic and excessive use of force in communities of color that contributes to the ...
Everything You Need to Know about Consent Decrees
Aug 30, 2023 · A consent decree can be thought of as a legally binding performance improvement plan. It is a court-enforced settlement, agreed to by all parties and approved by a court. Consent decrees are legal tools used in everything from antitrust cases to environmental regulation.
In Five Years, Chicago Has Barely Made Progress on Its Court …
6 days ago · Money: hundreds of millions in Chicago taxpayer dollars allocated to making the court-ordered reforms, known as a consent decree, a reality. ... slashes the number of employees assigned to implementing the decree by 13%. Questioned by WTTW News at a press conference, Johnson acknowledged Chicago’s long history of police violence against Black ...
New Orleans, US Justice Department move to end police …
Sep 28, 2024 · The city and the federal government had agreed to a reform pact for the New Orleans Police Department known as a consent decree in 2013, two years after a Department of Justice investigation found evidence of racial bias and misconduct from the city’s police.
Federal Court Enters Consent Decree Against Philips Respironics ...
The federal court entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Philips Respironics following a recall of certain sleep therapy machines manufactured by the company.
Chicago Police Department Consent Decree Set to Expand to ... - WTTW News
May 21, 2024 · Pallmeyer is responsible for enforcing the court order, known as the consent decree, which was prompted by a 2017 federal investigation that found officers routinely violated the constitutional rights of Black and Latino Chicagoans.
What Is a Consent Decree? - The New York Times
Jun 16, 2023 · What is a consent decree? A decree creates and enforces a road map for changes within a state or local governmental agency where the Justice Dept. has found evidence of misconduct.
Consent decrees have been issued in cities including Chicago and ...
Jun 16, 2023 · The police in Chicago, Baltimore and several other U.S. cities have previously been accused of civil rights violations by the Justice Department and entered court-enforced agreements known as...