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

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

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

The New Orleans Police Department could be on the eve of emerging from the federal consent decree. A U.S. District Court ...

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

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

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

The Louisiana State Police for years have used excessive force during arrests and vehicle pursuits. That's according to a ...

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 ...