The consent decree process started after a police officer killed George Floyd in 2020, sparking global protests. In 2023, the Department of Justice released a report that found the Minneapolis Police Department engaged in systematic racial discrimination and unconstitutional policing for years.

The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis (POFM) has filed a motion to intervene in the federal consent decree that outlines sweeping reforms to the city’s police department.

The Minneapolis police union filed a motion to intervene Friday in the federal court case that lays out the agreement between the city Minneapolis and federal government to reform policing. It also emerged Friday that the agreement appears unlikely to be approved by a federal judge before President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office Monday,

The Minneapolis Police Federation is seeking a voice in the latest plan for court-ordered reforms of the police department. The union on Friday filed a motion to intervene in the proposed federal consent decree.