Justice Department rolls out new rules for federal monitors of police departments
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Washington — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday rolled out new rules for federal monitors tasked with overseeing reforms of state and local law enforcement agencies required by consent decrees and civil settlement agreements.
The new guidelines are the culmination of a four-month review conducted by Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta on the use of monitors, who are appointed to oversee compliance with police reforms required by the agreements. Gupta submitted her 19 recommendations for the use of monitors to the attorney general in August, and Garland said in a department memo they would be implemented "immediately." The attorney general announced the changes during a speech to the International Association of Chiefs of Police. In addition to applying to federal monitors who oversee consent decrees to ensure constitutional policing, the guidelines also pertain to monitorships associated with settlement agreements in cases involving conditions at corrections facilities or the rights of people with disabilities.
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