We need to have a public debate on the merits and impacts of consent decrees imposed by the Civil Rights Division at the US Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ will not discuss or comment on its pattern-or-practice investigations until it is ready to hold a national press conference to reveal their findings. This leaves cities…
In an official letter from the Phoenix Police Department to Vanita Gupta Associate Attorney General of the United States, the Phoenix Police Department has advised the DOJ that they will not agree to a consent decree.You can read the letter to the DOJ here and you can read the attached document highlighting the reforms that…
We have written numerous articles about the excessive costs of consent decree monitors. Keep in mind, that the monitor cost is just one aspect that Phoenix should consider. After evaluating numerous consent decree cities, we estimate the initial cost to be 25-50 million dollars over the next two years and approximately 10 million dollars a…
Retired Commander Travis Yates pulls back the cloak of secrecy on Federal Consent Decrees on the Nationally Syndicated Radio Show, Joe Pags.
Consent Decrees, imposed by the Department of Justice, have been ruining police agencies and communities for 30 years but leaders continue to voluntarily enter them without seemingly understanding the immediate danger they pose to the future of their agency and the community. Just this week, the DOJ announced a Consent Decree in Louisville along with…