In less than a week, a new Trump administration is set to take charge of a yearslong civil rights investigation of Phoenix and its Police Department.
There’s been a recent flurry of action involving two other cities reviewed by the U.S. Justice Department during the Biden administration.
The Louisville Metro Police Department signed a proposed court-enforceable agreement last month requiring a federal judge and monitor to keep tabs on reforming the agency.
But Louisville Public Media reports that a Trump-nominated-federal judge appeared skeptical of approving the deal.
In Minnesota, a proposed consent decree that would put Minneapolis police under federal supervision was filed in court last week.
Results of the Phoenix review came out about a year after findings on Louisville and Minneapolis.
Both cities immediately agreed to oversight, while Phoenix leaders did not.
