A legal agreement between the Justice Department and a police department whereby the police department agrees to perform specified activities and submit to monitoring to ensure that the department meets the terms of the agreement to avoid a lawsuit is referred to as a

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Rebecca Schwartz

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28 December, 09:58

A legal agreement between the Justice Department and a police department whereby the police department agrees to perform specified activities and submit to monitoring to ensure that the department meets the terms of the agreement to avoid a lawsuit is referred to as a

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Devan Cox · Answer 1

Answer:A consent decree

Explanation:

A consent decree refers to how two parties settle their disputes without opening up a case about it but decide to talk it out and agree on a mutual deal

The court only facilitate the process on how they are going to go about their decree and how they interact with each other through the process.

It is usually enforced in federal court in order to establish and ensure that companies abide by the law such as environmental and discrimination laws.