After 12 years under a sprawling, court-enforced reform agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the plan is a major ...

A federal judge has announced her decision on the New Orleans Police Department's yearslong consent decree. Judge Susie ...

After more than a decade under federal oversight, the New Orleans Police Department will finally have a chance to prove that ...

The days after Hurricane Katrina were dark ones for New Orleans, and in particular for its police department, some members of ...

In a joint statement, Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill said, “Now is the time to end NOPD’s consent ...

The New Orleans Police Department can begin ending its longstanding federal oversight, a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a ...

Morgan said that NOPD must fully comply with the sustainment plan for two years before the department is officially released from the consent decree. The consent decree was a result of a 2011 report ...

a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department to wind down the monitoring program. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan said the police department has ...

A judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending longstanding federal oversight. U.S. District ...

has taken a critical step toward ending more than a decade of federal oversight following a damning Department of Justice report dating back to 2011. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan approved a ...

The police department has become a more transparent and accountable agency, though work remains to be done, U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan said ... by the city and Justice Department in ...