With a lawsuit looming over Cincinnati Police treatment of minorities, The Post offers a four-part series looking at how similar legal battles have played out across the nation.
• Saturday: Stories and statistics, a formula used in other cities to prove allegations of police misconduct, will be used in Cincinnati's racial profiling case.
• Lawyers: New police rules won't stop suit
• Monday: Consent decrees signed by local governments, litigants - and often federal authorities - offer models to attorneys putting together Cincinnati's case.
• Columbus officers challenge decree
• Tuesday: How will the Justice Department under President Bush police the nation's law enforcement agencies?
• N.J. police decree falls short
• Wednesday: Police departments in two neighboring cities already collect data on police stops - a change Cincinnati is considering.
• Police use of stop data crucial
