Report: Crime Up in Most Areas Where Police Operate Under Reform Agreements
14th May 2021
Violent crimes soared in most areas where police agencies are working under federally court-ordered reform agreements.
The finding comes from an Axios review of FBI and Justice Department data on all 12 agencies operating under consent decrees since 2012. The outlet found that seven of the areas where police agencies are under consent decrees experienced increases in violent crime rates in two years compared to the two years before they entered into the agreement.
Consent decrees are court-approved legal agreements reached without litigation. With it, a judge can keep tabs on a police department to make sure it is complying with court orders.