LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Council has approved a resolution endorsing the consent decree recommendations from the U.S. Department of Justice.

The People's Consent Decree, as it's being called, is a symbolic move that comes after the DOJ backed away from the federally-mandated police oversight of the Louisville Metro Police Department under President Donald Trump's administration.

Councilwoman Shameka Parrish-Wright, D-District 3, said ordinances modifying police reform will follow. 

"This is not anti-police. This shows that we, as a body, are recognizing that these harms have happened," Parrish-Wright said. "People want to be heard and that is the language we should be carrying forward."

But it could be a hotly contested debate, with the council approving the resolution in a close 13-12 vote Thursday evening.

"I didn't see anything in the language that had anything positive to say about our LMPD," Councilman Dan Seum Jr., R-District 13, said. "The bad guys are gone. They've been gone for a couple years. We're trying to heal now, let us heal."

The council's actions to approve the resolution will not impact the city administration's reforms. 

Mayor Craig Greenberg and LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey have pledged to continue with the improvements recommended by the DOJ, even if they're not mandated by court order.

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