Updates to our Terms of Use

We are updating our Terms of Use. Please carefully review the updated Terms before proceeding to our website.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

View Back issues

Albuquerque police consent decree

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Department of Justice and Albuquerque, New Mexico, filed a joint motion in federal court to terminate a federal consent decree that had the federal government overseeing the Albuquerque Police Department for the last decade. The decree was put in place in response to the police force’s high rate of unconstitutional excessive force incidents.

Read the joint motion here.

Categories / Briefs, Civil Rights, Government

Subscribe to our free newsletters

Our weekly newsletter Closing Arguments offers the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world, while the monthly Under the Lights dishes the legal dirt from Hollywood, sports, Big Tech and the arts.

Loading...