One day after the Trump administration injected fresh uncertainty into the fate of Justice Department agreements aimed at reforming local police departments with histories of misconduct and abuse, city leaders in in Minneapolis and Louisville pledged to follow through with agreed-upon reforms no matter what.

During Trump’s first administration, he was critical of police reform agreements as he viewed them as anti-police.

The Trump administration, in a memo, instructed lawyers in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division not to file any new complaints, The Associated Press reported Thursday.

The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice Department found a pattern of misconduct, according to a memo issued Wednesday. “The new administration may wish to reconsider settlements and consent decrees negotiated and approved by the prior administration,

The Justice Department has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and indicated it could rethink numerous police reform agreements with local departments that were negotiated under the Biden administration.