After finding the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department engage in a pattern or practice of race discrimination, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights invited the City to develop a court enforceable agreement to address race-based policing that undermines the City’s public safety system.
A court enforceable agreement, also known as a consent decree, is a legally binding agreement issued by a judge and enforced by the court. It identifies specific changes to be made and timelines for those changes to occur. This court enforceable agreement incorporates independent oversight through a monitoring team that regularly reports progress to the court and to the community.
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This one-page fact sheet overviews what a court enforceable agreement would do and the topics that could be included in an agreement.
In July 2022, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and the City of Minneapolis agreed to negotiate a court enforceable settlement agreement. This is what MDHR laid out in its findings and in the announcement of the findings.
The court enforceable agreement will:
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