Reports/Resources
- Independent Monitor’s Final Report
On September 8, 2025, the Independent Monitor filed the Final Report regarding the progress of the City of Newark and the Newark Police Division in implementing the reforms required by the Consent Decree. The Independent Monitor’s Final Report along with exhibits can be downloaded here.
- Independent Monitor’s Reports
Each quarter, the Monitoring Team publishes a report that summarizes the Monitoring Team’s activities during that period, provides detailed status updates on the City and NPD’s progress, describes the tasks and audits that will be addressed in the upcoming quarter, makes recommendations to the City and NPD regarding necessary steps to achieve compliance, and identifies obstacles that may inhibit compliance. The Monitoring Team is also required, pursuant to Paragraph 182, to draft a comprehensive reassessment of the City’s and NPD’s progress under the Consent Decree. That report is included here as well.
Final Report of the Independent Monitor – September 8, 2025
Twenty-Fourth Semiannual Report – March 15, 2024
Twenty-Third Semi-annual Report – January 16, 2024
Twenty-Second Semi-annual Report – May 31, 2023
Twenty-First Semi-annual Report – May 31, 2023
Twentieth-Quarterly-Report – April 28, 2022
Nineteenth Quarterly Report- December 28, 2021
Eighteenth Quarterly Report – October 15, 2021
Seventeenth Quarterly Report – September 21, 2021
Sixteenth Quarterly Report – July 9, 2021
Fifteenth Quarterly Report – January 28, 2021
Fourteenth Quarterly Report – September 28, 2020
Thirteenth Quarterly Report – June 16, 2020
Twelfth Quarterly Report – April 27, 2020
Eleventh Quarterly Report – April 27, 2020
Tenth Quarterly Report – January 13, 2020
Ninth Quarterly Report – October 25, 2019
Eighth Quarterly Report – August 9, 2019
Seventh Quarterly Report – April 16, 2019
Sixth Quarterly Report – January 16, 2019
Second-Year Reassessment – October 12, 2018
Fifth Quarterly Report – June 28, 2018
Fourth Quarterly Report – May 4, 2018
Third Quarterly Report – January 15, 2018
Second Quarterly Report – October 6, 2017
First Quarterly Report – April 24, 2017
- Background Materials
NPD Consent Decree – May 5, 2016, Amended February 2, 2018
DOJ Findings Report – July 22, 2014
Agreement in Principle – July 22, 2014
ACLU Petition to DOJ – September 9, 2010
- Court Orders
Order Amending Consent Decree Paragraphs 14, 17 & 18, entered October 19, 2016
Order Amending Consent Decree Paragraphs 208 and 209, entered December 20, 2016
- Monitoring Plans
Monitoring Plans provide the Parties with the priorities for implementing the Consent Decree. These priorities reflect those set forth in the Consent Decree itself, and are informed by the Independent Monitor’s meetings with community groups, NPD officers and command staff, City representatives, and the DOJ.
Second-Year Monitoring Plan – May 10, 2018
First-Year Monitoring Plan – February 17, 2017
- Community Survey Results
The Consent Decree requires the Independent Monitor to conduct an annual survey to assess Newark community members’ experiences with and perceptions of the NPD and public safety, good and bad.
From December 2016 – February 2017, on behalf of the Independent Monitor, the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling (ECPIP), conducted a survey of a representative sample of Newark residents. The results of this survey are published in the Second Quarterly Report.
To find out more about the community survey, click here.
From February 2017 – May 2017, the Monitoring Team administered community surveys throughout Newark to residents who wished to participate in the survey. The results of this survey are also published in the Second Quarterly Report.
From August – December 2018, on behalf of the Independent Monitor, the Suffolk University Political Research Center conducted a second survey of a representative sample of Newark residents. The results of this survey, along with the results of the Monitoring Team’s second community survey, will be published in upcoming reports.
- Adopted Consent Decree Policies
NPD has adopted the following Consent Decree policies:
Arrests With or Without an Arrest Warrant
Complaint Intake & Investigations Process
Consensual Citizen Contacts and Investigatory Stops
Disciplinary Process and Matrix
First Amendment Right to Observe, Object to, and Record Policy Activity
LGBTQ Community & Police Interactions
Property and Evidence Division
Property and Evidence Management
Searches With or Without a Search Warrant
Use of Force Reporting, Investigation and Review