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 sustainment period, signaling the beginning ...

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

The days after Hurricane Katrina were dark ones for New Orleans, and in particular for its police department, some members of which were later found to have committed horrific crimes ...

U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan also ... for New Orleans United Front. "I'm ready to move on, and I hope the federal judge, the monitor and the Department of Justice do what they say they're ...

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

a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department to wind down monitoring. The police department has become a more transparent and accountable agency, though work ...

A judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending longstanding federal oversight. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan’s ruling Tuesday came in response to a request ...

a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department to wind down the monitoring program. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan said the police department has ...