A civil rights lawsuit filed two years ago against the city of Antioch related to a widespread misconduct scandal in its Police Department is being resolved with a $4.6 million settlement agreement that also includes reforms of the department.

Civil rights attorney John Burris announced the settlement Friday morning and his law firm planned a news conference for 11 a.m. in Oakland to provide more details about the agreement.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.