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

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

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

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

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

REPORTING LIVE FROM FEDERAL COURT, JON A federal judge has announced her decision on the New Orleans Police Department's yearslong consent decree. Judge Susie Morgan granted the NOPD a two-year ...

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

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

U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan’s ruling Tuesday came in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department to ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP ... though work remains to be done, U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan said during a hearing. Morgan approved a two-year “sustainment period” to allow the NOPD to fix ...