Louisville's police chief is reiterating the purpose of the city's mask mandate.
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.
Wednesday evening, officials with the DOJ answered questions from the community about the ongoing consent decree negotiations with the city and LMPD for federal mandated police reform.
The process began more than a year ago, when the DOJ came to Louisville and released a scathing report into the city's police department with its findings from a yearslong investigation prompted by the March 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor.
The River City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 614 released a strongly worded statement late Wednesday.
The DOJ is looking for the community's input as it moves forward.
Interim LMPD Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel spoke with WDRB in the Morning Tuesday about her strategy to deal with the long list of issues facing the department.
Interim Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel took over a department with battered public trust just over a week ago.
LMPD Chief Erika Shields reassures that police are prepared in case of a mass shooting in Louisville
LMPD is used to gunshot responses but the chief Erika Shields spoke on Wednesday in front of Metro Council on how prepared they are if a mass shooting occurred.
The budget, proposed by Fischer in April, is the largest in the city's history with a heavy focus on funding for public safety, affordable housing and capital investments.