Consent decrees have had mixed results. In Los Angeles, which exited its 12-year agreement in 2013, the police department continues to face excessive-use allegations and lawsuits.

The Justice Department is working toward dropping reform agreements with police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky., after killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in those cities drew national attention.

The Trump administration is moving to scrap a consent decree agreed between the Department of Justice and the City of Minneapolis that requires a series of reforms to the city's police department in the wake of the the murder of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin, and the civil unrest that followed.