U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan said the police department has transformed itself into a more transparent and accountable ...

The Department of Justice report on Louisiana State Police offers smart, commonsense improvements, and is not a political hit ...

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

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled on Tuesday that the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) ...

The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has taken a critical step toward ending more than a decade of federal oversight ...

The federal judge overseeing the New Orleans Police Department’s decade-long consent decree is poised to make a pivotal ...

Judge Susie Morgan granted the NOPD a two-year sustainment period, signaling the beginning of the end of the consent decree.

The Louisiana State Police for years have used excessive force during arrests and vehicle pursuits, a statewide pattern of ...

Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured when a pickup truck plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

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

A judge says the New ... ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Police Department can begin ending its longstanding federal oversight, a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the ...