The Minneapolis police union filed a motion to intervene Friday in the federal court case that lays out the agreement between the city Minneapolis and federal government to reform policing. It also emerged Friday that the agreement appears unlikely to be approved by a federal judge before President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office Monday,

The consent decree agreement Monday with the Minneapolis Police Department follows a similar decree that the department agreed upon with Louisville, Kentucky, police last month.

The Minneapolis Police Department welcomed its largest group of new hires in five years on Tuesday. "I chose Minneapolis because I believe that Minneapolis is a community that needs officers that help regain that community trust, so, here I am," one recruit said.

The nonprofit selected to oversee police reforms in Minneapolis has faced criticism in New Orleans over its impartiality and community engagement, and some Minneapolis activists want a judge to reconsider the company’s selection.

Minneapolis Mayor Frey and Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara say that MPD is seeing more officers thanks to aggressive recruiting and better pay.

The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis (POFM) has filed a motion to intervene in the federal consent decree that outlines sweeping reforms to the city’s police department.

Murders have doubled in Minneapolis since 2020, and yet city Democrats are worried about finding more bureaucrats to babysit their police department.

Minneapolis has approved an agreement with the federal government in response to the murder of George Floyd that would require reforms within the city’s police department under long-term court supervision.

The Minneapolis Police Federation is seeking a voice in the latest plan for court-ordered reforms of the police department. The union on Friday filed a motion to intervene in the proposed federal consent decree.

The City Council went into closed session for about seven hours Monday to go through the details of a consent decree, a legally binding agreement to reform policing.

The city of Minneapolis has agreed to a series of police reforms after a probe from the Justice Department in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. A court-enforceable agreement

The DOJ announced Minneapolis agreed to make systemic reforms to its police department after the 2020 murder of George Floyd sparked a federal probe.