Consent Decrees /
Memoranda of Agreement in
”Pattern or Practice” Cases
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In cases where police engage in a “pattern or practice” of violating citizens’ constitutional rights, monitors are responsible for reporting on a jurisdiction’s progress on compliance with a consent decree or memorandum of understanding/agreement requiring specific reforms within a set period of time in a police or sheriff’s department. Most of the “pattern or practice” cases listed below stem from the police misconduct provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14141). See the Special Litigation Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice for a full description of this program. http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/split/faq.htm#pppmp.htm. Other cases requiring monitors, such as those in Oakland and Riverside, California, or in Wallkill, New York, alleged a pattern or practice of rights violations and were brought by private plaintiffs (Oakland) or the state (Riverside and Wallkill).
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Reports
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