Reporting Highlights

City Commitment: Louisville, Kentucky, adopted its own police reform plan last year after the Justice Department walked away from a consent decree that mandated changes.

A Test Case in the Trump Era: The local initiative is being watched as a test for how effectively a city can overhaul its police department without federal oversight.

Slow Progress on Mental Health: A panel is reviewing how police approach mental health calls, but some activists are criticizing the pace of reform after officers killed a young woman in crisis.

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.