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Now under its third stay in federal court, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) consent decree settlement agreement with the Minneapolis Police Department that would legally mandate reform remains in limbo.
City officials say the work toward compliance will continue regardless of the pending signature of a federal judge that would give the formal green light for the decree. Mayor Jacob Frey has said he will commit to the terms of the federal consent decree settlement regardless of what happens in court. But federal consent decrees do not have a time limit. If signed off by the judge, this court-enforceable decree could easily continue through multiple local governing administrations. For example, Seattle was under a consent decree from 2012 to 2023…