LAPD consent decree extended

Despite hundreds of reforms made by the LAPD under an 8-year-old consent decree, a federal judge declined Monday to lift the strict oversight tool until the department addresses three key areas. Tony Castro in the Daily News.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess extended the consent decree for two more weeks rather than accepting a two-year transition agreement hammered out by the Justice Department and the LAPD. That would have allowed the decree to expire today while the Los Angeles Police Department tackled the remaining issues.

The Justice Department says the LAPD has implemented sufficient reforms to be free of the federal oversight imposed in 2001, in the aftermath of the Rampart corruption scandal.