How some progressive cities have reformed their police

Police reforms that are under consideration or have been enacted in several progressive cities could become a blueprint for national police policy, as lawmakers refocus their attention on reform in the wake of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction.

Liberal activists coalesced over the summer around the idea of defunding police departments, and several cities have taken steps to do just that while a conversation unfolds on Capitol Hill about how to encourage police reform on a national level.

House Democrats passed a bill in March, the George...