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

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

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

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

A federal judge grants a two-year sustainment period for the NOPD consent decree back in 2013. Councilman Oliver Thomas with ...

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

TUESDAY, JUDGE SUSIE MORGAN AGREED NOPD HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO THE SUSTAINMENT PLAN, BUT CRITICIZED THE CITY FOR WHAT SHE CALLED A LAST MINUTE MOTION TO END THE CONSENT DECREE ALTOGETHER.

NOPD is now on a two-year exit ramp from a federal consent decree that brought major changes to the department over the past ...

The ruling marks a new chapter for the NOPD after operating under the federal consent decree for more than ten years. However, a late move by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Louisiana ...

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