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 ...

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 ...