U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan placed NOPD under a 2-year "sustainment" period Tuesday after 12 years under a consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department that she said has transformed the ...

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.

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