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 ...

"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.

NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick is expected to release details of the department’s plan for the impact on traffic from the drop in temperatures expected to start the week of Jan. 20.

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.

"NOPD must use these two years to demonstrate to the community that one, they have done the work, and two, that these reforms are durable," Morgan said. Her statement capped a nearly four-hour ...