This City Was Forced to Overhaul Its Police Department. Crime Plummeted.

Oct 3, 2025 - 07:00
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This City Was Forced to Overhaul Its Police Department. Crime Plummeted.
A federal judge said she was prepared to release Newark from a 2016 consent decree imposed after investigators found the city’s police routinely used excessive force and conducted unconstitutional stops and searches.