Whether NOPD will eventually reinstate real-time alerts remains uncertain. In the meantime, the City Council is actively reviewing potential changes to the city ordinance that governs the use of ...

Judge Susie Morgan granted the NOPD a two-year sustainment period, signaling the beginning of the end of the consent decree.

New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick wearing her police badge “upside down” is part of a longstanding department tradition that underlines her leadership role ...

A FOX 8 investigation finds NOPD officers arrested for DWI—some while driving with children or resisting arrest—remain on the force, raising questions of accountability.

A federal judge on Tuesday placed the New Orleans Police Department under a two-year “sustainment” plan, a major step towards the end of the 12-year consent decree.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal sided with NOPD in its decision to suspend former ranking officer Sabrina Richardson for 120 days, Richardson, who committed payroll fraud by claiming work hours ...

On Tuesday, community members gathered to discuss public safety and the New Orleans Police Department's consent decree. Many are in total opposition to a potential end to the federal consent ...

Orleans Inspector General found that the NOPD’s noncompliance with crime reporting requirements will continue to impact federal grant funding through at least 2031.

NEW ORLEANS — In a federal courtroom packed with NOPD's top brass and community members, Judge Susie Morgan heard the New Orleans Police Department's plans for a sustainment period. The City of ...

NOPD Supt. Anne Kirkpatrick says a formal investigation into Ofc. Jeffrey Vappie will be launched. The city's top cop says Vappie will get due process and everything will be handled by the book.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Following a Fox 8 investigation revealing the worsening backlog of the NOPD’s untested DNA samples, the department reveals its new crime lab will not be fully operational ...

A new development emerged in the NOPD's federal consent decree on Friday, Sept. 27.