The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has taken a critical step toward ending more than a decade of federal oversight following a damning Department of Justice report dating back to 2011. U.S.

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled on Tuesday that the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) can end its longstanding federal oversight, thus approving the sustainment ...

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

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Police Department can begin ending its longstanding federal oversight, a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department ...