Consent Decree

Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle says a cultural shift in the department has led to improved recruitment efforts — and greater community trust.

With protests surging throughout the country decrying police killings of African Americans, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt wants the Department of Justice to resume…

Exactly one month after a Ferguson police officer killed Michael Brown about a mile from her home, Fran Griffin attended her first city council…

The city of Ferguson says it plans to keep prosecuting about 1,500 municipal court cases that attorneys filed before 2014 — a decision that bothers…

Ferguson residents, activists and the Department of Justice discussed the progress of federally mandated changes to Ferguson courts and policing at a…

It's been nearly a year since the U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Ferguson signed a consent decree to reform the city's police department and…

In September 2016, the city of Ferguson seemed to be floundering in its efforts to comply with a federal civil rights consent decree."We are not where we…

The election of Donald Trump as president won't change the fact that Ferguson and its police department are operating under a federal civil rights consent…

The city of Ferguson has made halting progress toward complying with a federal consent decree it signed in April.Attorneys for the city, the Department of…

The four firms competing to monitor Ferguson's compliance with the Department of Justice consent decree are Ebevy YG, Lemire LLC, Squire Patton Boggs, and…