LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mayor Craig Greenberg is providing more insight into the ongoing consent decree negotiations between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD).
Last March, the DOJ ordered federal oversight of LMPD after finding patterns of misconduct within the department.
The federal agreement requires a list of reforms and would guide changes to the department's policies and procedures.
But some community members are worried when President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, his DOJ shakeup could impact those negotiations.
In Trump's first term, the DOJ hardly used consent decrees -- just once launching a pattern or practice investigation into a police department.
During President Joe Biden's term, we've seen 12 of these investigations -- including in Louisville -- but no reform agreements have been enacted yet, and time is running out.
Greenberg said Tuesday those negotiations remain ongoing at this time.
"Our team has had over 65 meetings with the DOJ since March, countless phone calls meeting with the DOJ today, I've had conversations myself last week. We are working diligently to get a consent decree complete," he said. "There is no consent decree to sign right now, that's what we are working toward and I believe we have time before the new administration."
When asked, Greenberg said he would sign the federal agreement if it arrived in January.
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