Cleveland’s Community Police Commission has been a clear source of tension in City Hall, with infighting among members and delays in fulfilling their mission of police oversight. So, when eight ...

Cleveland and New Orleans, often after high-profile police killings, but this marks just the second consent decree during President Joe Biden’s administration — despite its launching of a ...

Officers have made arrests in five of the seven total cases, with none of them purportedly involving random acts of violence. Car thefts have also plummeted.

The Castro consent decree, which required police departments to hire based on the city's demographics, expired on Dec. 31.

And the consent decree came only because police burst into the apartment of Breonna Taylor — a Black woman — in 2020 and killed her. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

The city, its police department and federal officials reached a court-enforceable agreement known as a consent decree, the Justice Department announced this week. The agreement aims to prevent ...