Department of Justice

Ferguson Department of Justice

This investigation was initiated under the pattern-or-practice provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U. S. C. § 14141, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 42 U. S. C. § 3789d ("Safe Streets Act"), and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U. S. C. § 2000d ("Title VI"). This investigation has revealed a pattern or practice of unlawful conduct within the Ferguson Police Department that violates the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and federal statutory law.