"This is a big job. This is a challenging job," the mayor said. "And over the last few months, it's become very clear that the best person to do this work is already on the job."
Carrollton Mayor Robb Adams said the decision to hire Cosgrove as a sheriff's deputy was made solely by Sheriff Ryan Gosser.
The investigation was launched in the wake of the 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor.
There are 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United State, according to the DOJ, and in the last 25 years, fewer than 100 have been placed under a consent decree.
The U.S. Department of Justice launched a 'pattern or practice' investigation of the Louisville Metro Police Department in April 2021.
Monday's raid on former President Donald Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida resulted in the seizure of numerous classified and top secret records, according to documents reviewed by Fox News.
Kelly Goodlett, who was charged with one count of conspiracy, resigned from the department immediately after being charged in U.S. district court.
Four former and current Louisville Metro Police officers were charged Thursday with federal crimes in connection with the fatal raid on Breonna Taylor’s home in 2020.
Twelve people, including three U.S. Army soldiers, are accused in a large-scale gun trafficking ring that prosecutors allege supplied nearly 100 guns to gang members in Chicago and led to at least two killings, the Justice Department said Friday.
The Department of Justice issued a new rule for gun dealers with federal licenses on Monday.