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

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

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

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

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

After years of federal oversight, the New Orleans Police Department is entering the final phase of the consent decree.

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

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 ...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration has joined Attorney General Liz Murrill in asking a federal judge to rule ...

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

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