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Ferguson council members are considering a budget that would decrease funding of the city's consent decree, ending the nine-year partnership with the federal government.

The reforms required after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown to municipal ordinances are complete, and the initiatives surrounding the municipal courts are almost done, too.

The community policing and engagement plan is one of the last major actions required by a 2016 federal consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice.

In 2014, Troy Doyle spent hours on duty along West Florissant during the protests over Michael Brown’s killing. Now, he is in charge of the department whose actions helped set off a nationwide movement for policing reform.

Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle says a cultural shift in the department has led to improved recruitment efforts — and greater community trust.

The Eastern District of Missouri is one of 13 courts participating in a pilot program allowing audio livestreaming of court proceedings on YouTube. While the program temporarily lifts a ban on broadcasts of proceedings, they cannot be recorded.

The Ferguson Monitoring Team and the National Police Foundation will conduct a community survey to allow residents to rate the performance of police officers. Survey respondents also will rate their level of confidence in the police department, their willingness to work with police.

Blake Strode, executive director of ArchCity Defenders, and Jacki Langum, the organization’s advocacy director, talk about the group’s 10th anniversary on…

Exactly one month after a Ferguson police officer killed Michael Brown about a mile from her home, Fran Griffin attended her first city council…

Nearly five years after Michael Brown’s death sparked protests and a movement over police treatment of African-Americans, his mother, Lezley McSpadden, is…