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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Federal oversight continues as NOPD enters two-year sustainment period, signaling progress but maintaining accountability.

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