Search Results for: Federal Intervention In American Police Departments

For much of American history, the federal government has played a limited role in local police regulation. That all changed in 1994, when Congress passed a litt

In 1994, Congress gave the Civil Rights Div. of the Dept. of Justice (DOJ) the authority to file civil law suits against states and municipalities in the face o

The first thorough study of the Justice Department’s pattern or practice program, examining how it works and how court-imposed consent decrees implement neede

The subject of police accountability includes some of the most important developments in American policing: the control of officer-involved shootings and use of