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Newsby Staff WriterApril 4, 2017

Sessions Orders Review of All Police Reform Agreements

Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered a review Monday of all police reform agreements and investigations initiated by the Justice Department, part of an effort to cut back on federal oversight of local law enforcement.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 1, 2017

Sessions: DOJ Monitoring Undermining Police Effectiveness

In his first speech as attorney general, Mr. Sessions did not name any specific cities, but he indicated that Justice Department scrutiny from afar was undermining the effectiveness of the police across the country.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 28, 2017

Sessions Questions Obama DOJ’s Conclusions in Ferguson and Chicago Police Reports

New U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has questioned reports published by his agency about policing in Chicago and Ferguson, Missouri, describing "some of it" as "pretty anecdotal and not so scientifically based."

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2017

Police Unions Want Trump to Renegotiate Consent Decrees

Emboldened by Trump's election, some of the country’s biggest police groups want to renegotiate "consent decrees" agreed to under President Barack Obama, the police labor groups said in interviews.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 23, 2017

Baltimore Consent Decree Contains Denial of Police Misconduct

On Thursday, when Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a legally binding consent decree enforcing police reforms, she praised city officials for never balking at the investigation's findings.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 12, 2017

Baltimore PD Commits to Consent Decree, Changes in Policy

It discourages the arrests of citizens for quality of life offenses, requiring a supervisor to sign off on any request to take someone into custody for a minor infraction, and also mandates basic training for making stops and searches.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 11, 2017

Baltimore, Justice Department Reach Consent Decree Agreement

Baltimore and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached an agreement on city policing reforms as part of a formal consent decree, which is now slated to be approved by the city's spending panel on Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 11, 2017

Baltimore PD to Double In-Service Training Requirement for Officers

The Baltimore Police Department is requiring all of its officers to go through 80 hours of in-service training this year, twice as many hours as last year, Commissioner Kevin Davis said on Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2016

AG Lynch Pushing for Baltimore PD Consent Decree Before Trump Takes Office

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Thursday that she is hopeful Department of Justice and Baltimore officials will agree to a consent decree governing police reform within the next month — and before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office — but that reaching a deal depends on continued cooperation and good faith negotiations on the part of the city.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 22, 2016

Federal Lawmakers Call for Update on Baltimore Consent Decree Talks

Six members of Maryland's congressional delegation on Tuesday asked the U.S. Justice Department for an update on the status of its negotiations with Baltimore to address unconstitutional policing, citing "growing concern from the community" about the possibility of further delay.

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