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United States. v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Robert Luna

2:25-cv-09323 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

On September 30, 2025, the United States filed a civil rights complaint against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Sheriff Robert Luna in his official capacity, alleging systematic deprivation of Second Amendment rights through deliberate delays in processing concealed carry license applications. On March 27, 2025, pursuant to its authority under 34 U.S.C. § 12601, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division announced a pattern or practice investigation into the Los Angeles C…

Case Is Ongoing

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DOJ Investigation of Suffolk County Police Department

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On November 25, 2008, the LatinoJustice PRLDEF of New York filed a complaint letter with the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division demanding that the federal government look into the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD). They alleged that SCPD had deprived Latinos equal access to the law, both by failing to adequately investigate crimes committed against Latinos by whites and by discouraging Latinos from seeking assistance from local law enforcement agencies. Though it made no ref…

Re: Suffolk County Police Department Technical Assistance Letter

DOJ Investigation of Suffolk County Police Department

Sept. 13, 2011

United States Agrees to Comprehensive Settlement with Suffolk County Police Department to Resolve Investigation of Discriminatory Policing Against Latinos

[Suffolk County Police Department]

Dec. 3, 2013

Agreement between the United States Department of Justice and Suffolk County Police Department

DOJ Investigation of Suffolk County Police Department

Jan. 13, 2014

Convenio Entre el Departamento de Justicia de los Estados Unidos y el Departamento de Policía del Condado de Suffolk [Settlement Agreement (Spanish)]

DOJ Investigation of Suffolk County Police Department

Jan. 13, 2014

Correspondence Re: Assessment of SCPD's Compliance with the Settlement Agreement

DOJ Investigation of Suffolk County Police Department

June 26, 2015

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U.S. v. Territory of the Virgin Islands

3:08-cv-00158 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2008

In March 2004, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division initiated an investigation of the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) pursuant to 42 USC § 14141. On October 5, 2005, the DOJ issued a technical assistance letter to VIPD, making recommendations regarding specific changes to the department's policies regarding use of force, vehicle pursuits, holding cells, misconduct investigations, discipline, supervisory oversight, and training. On December 23, 2008, the DOJ …
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United States of America v. County of Los Angeles

2:15-cv-03174 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 28, 2015

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division initiated a civil investigation of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department on August 19, 2011. The investigation focused on allegations of unconstitutional conduct by deputies at two stations located in the Antelope Valley cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, California. The DOJ proceeded under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,42 U.S.C. § 14141 (Section 14141), and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,42 U.S.C. …
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DOJ Investigation of the Lexington Police Department and the City of Lexington, Mississippi

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This is a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) pattern and practice investigation of the City of Lexington, Mississippi and its police department. The investigation was announced on November 8, 2023. Lexington is a small town near the Mississippi Delta with a population of about 1,200. Its population is about 1,200 people (76% Black and 22% white) with a median income of roughly $39,000, which is half the national average. The LPD made the national news in July 2022 when a former LPD officer leaked…
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United States of America v. City of Minneapolis

0:25-cv-00048 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Jan. 6, 2025

On April 21, 2021, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was opening a pattern and practice investigation into the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). According to Garland, the investigation, initiated under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, was to examine whether the City and MPD violated the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution, the 1964 Civil Rights Act, …

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United States v. City of Seattle

2:12-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 27, 2012

On March 31, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division opened an investigation of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (then codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14141; then recodified to 34 U.S.C. § 12601), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on December 16, 2011, the DOJ announced its findings that SPD engag…
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United States of America v. Louisville Metro/Jefferson County Government

3:24-cv-00722 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2024

On April 26, 2021, the Department of Justice announced that it had opened a pattern and practice investigation of the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) to assess: all use of force, with a particular focus on use of force against individuals with behavioral health disabilities or individuals engaged in activities protected by the First Amendment; discriminatory practices in conducting stops, searches, seizures, and arrests; department policies, training, and supervision; and LMPD account…

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United States v. City of Portland

3:12-cv-02265 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2012

This lawsuit was the culmination of an 18 month-long investigation of the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141. That investigation, which began in June of 2011, was prompted by the high number of PPB officer-involved shootings that involved individuals with mental illness. On September 13, 2012, the DOJ issued a findings letter stating that it found reasonable cause to believ…
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DOJ Investigation of Worcester Police Department

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On November 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had opened an investigation into the Worcester, Massachusetts Police Department (WPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to assess whether WPD engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force or engages in discriminatory policing on the basis of race or sex. The investigation arose after the DOJ was given information indicating the Worcester Police Department may be acting in an u…