On July 18, 2003 the Detroit Police Department, the City of Detroit and the United States Department of Justice entered into two consent decrees. The first consent decree deals with the Use of Force, Arrest and Witness Detention.

Aug 28, 2014 · The Justice Department today announced the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan’s termination of the consent judgment relating to the Detroit Police Department’s (DPD) use of force and arrest and witness detention practices.

Jun 10, 2020 · Six years after U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn released the department from three consent decrees, there's broad, though not unanimous, agreement among Detroit stakeholders that the long,...

Jun 12, 2003 · On December 27, 2004, Judge Cook issued an order extending the duration of the "Conditions of Confinement" consent decree to July 18, 2007. The other consent decree relating to "Use of Force and Arrest and Witness Detention" was …

Mar 31, 2016 · The consent decrees came after a Detroit Free Press investigation uncovered excessive use of deadly force, illegal dragnet arrests of possible witnesses to crimes and improper treatment of...

The first decree, entitled “Consent Judgment Use of Force and Arrest and Witness Detention,” addresses matters related to the use of force (R. 22 ¶¶ 14- 26, Apx. p. __), and policies governing arrests and detention (R. 22 ¶¶ 42-60, Apx.

Jan 24, 2023 · Detroit entered into three consent decrees in 2003 to settle a civil rights lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice but critics say issues persist.

Jun 3, 2003 · Under the consent decrees, filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the Detroit Police Department will: implement a comprehensive fire detection, suppression and evacuation program in consultation with the Detroit Fire Department.

Mar 24, 2016 · Thirteen years ago, the City of Detroit entered into a consent decree that requires federal oversight of the police department. Now the department will soon start operating without a federal...

May 29, 2023 · In July 2003, the court approved a consent decree between the Division and the City of Detroit. (On the same day the Division and the City entered into a separate consent decree addressing a related investigation into the conditions of police lock-ups and holding cells).