The DOJ said in a press release that the “sanctuary city” policies of the City of Los Angeles are illegal under federal law.
Read More →The Civil Rights Division will be taking all necessary steps to dismiss the Louisville and Minneapolis lawsuits with prejudice, to close the underlying investigations into the Louisville and Minneapolis police departments.
Read More →“The Department of Justice will never stop fighting to protect victims — especially child victims — and we will not rest until we hunt down, arrest, and prosecute every child predator...,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi.
Read More →Col. Robert Hodges, the state police superintendent, told troopers in an internal email obtained by AP that the “isolated incidents” highlighted in the report “are not a fair assessment of today’s Louisiana State Police..."
Read More →An investigation was launched into the Antioch Police Department after discriminatory texts between officers and APD personnel were discovered.
Read More →New York City resident Chen Jinping, 60, on Wednesday pleaded guilty in connection with the secret police station in Lower Manhattan's Chinatown, according to a release from the DOJ.
Read More →The announcement came just as the city said in a letter that it would not enter into a consent decree with the DOJ over its policing practices.
Read More →The DOJ spent a year conducting what's known as a pattern or practice investigation, which looks into whether the Trenton Police Department has a pattern of conduct that violates federal law.
Read More →The report says the department discriminates against certain races, as well as people with behavioral health disabilities. The report also found that Phoenix police detain and arrest people who are homeless without legal grounds.
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Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey will take over as acting chief. He has served LMPD for 18 years, and serves as the leading officer working with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to bring reform to the department mandated by a consent decree.
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