The federal consent decree has governed nearly every aspect of the NOPD since former mayor Mitch Landrieu agreed to it in ...

The consent decree was enacted more than a decade ago by the United States Department of Justice due to unconstitutional ...

The New Orleans Police Department’s consent decree, in place for over a decade, may soon come to an end following substantial progress by the department. In ...

Judge Susie Morgan said Thursday that she would agree to end the order, citing requests of both the city government and the ...

A federal judge said she’s prepared to end the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree, if all involved agree to it.

U. S. District Court Judge Susie Morgan said Thursday she is prepared to lift the consent decree that has governed the New ...

The Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is aligned with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill in seeking to ...

Hurricane Katrina brought out the best and the worst of the New Orleans Police Department. While most of the then-1,600-member force did their best to navigate a flooded city to account for the dead ...

The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office has been under a consent decree for over a decade, with no timetable on when it might end ...