Effective Law Enforcement for All, called ELEFA, was selected by Mayor Craig Greenberg in September to serve as an independent monitor for LMPD.

Protests over the shooting of Breonna Taylor by Louisville police erupted downtown in late May and stretched for more than 150 days, leading to continuing clashes with law enforcement.

The DOJ ordered the city into a consent decree — a federal mandate for police reform — last March that will require the Louisville Metro Police Department to make major changes.