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 ...

The ruling marks a new chapter for the NOPD after operating under the federal consent decree for more than ten years. However, a late move by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Louisiana ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS — With a freeze coming to Southeast Louisiana early next week, and the chance of ice and snow along with it, the NOPD said it is planning to close roads early. The exact timing will ...

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.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department is preparing the city for the upcoming winter weather impacts. NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick is expected to release details of the ...

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 ...

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.