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

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Friday marked a special occasion for the 11 NOPD Recruit Class 202 members as they were sworn in as police officers during a ceremony at Gallier Hall. But New Orleans Mayor ...

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 ...

"What a great day this is," said NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick, who made compliance with the federal consent decree a top goal when she was tapped to lead the city's police force in late 2023.

Morgan approved a two-year “sustainment period” to allow the NOPD to fix outstanding problems and show that reforms remain in place while federal monitoring and support continue. The decision ...

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.

According to the attorney general's office, taxpayers in Orleans Parish have spent millions of dollars and police have spent multiple hours in court instead of working.

The city joined the U.S. Justice Department last fall in asking Morgan to approve the NOPD for the final phase of the sprawling police reform pact after a dozen years. That motion remains.