NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion Friday in federal court to take steps to end long-standing federal oversight of the city’s police department.

In 2013, the city of New Orleans agreed to what it called “the nation’s most expansive” federal oversight plan after a U.S. Justice Department investigation found evidence of racial bias ...

NEW ORLEANS — A major step has been taken in the city's effort to end the federal consent decree. The consent decree was enacted more than a decade ago by the United States Department of Justice ...

Mayor LaToya Cantrell talks about the low morale of the New Orleans Police Department police officers during a press conference at City Hall in New Orleans, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022.

Six U.S. Department of Justice attorneys who oversaw the New Orleans Police Department consent decree were taken off the case this week amid a shakeup by President Donald Trump.

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 ...

In 2013, the city of New Orleans agreed to what it called “the nation’s most expansive” federal oversight plan after a U.S. Justice Department investigation found evidence of racial bias ...

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick, right, walks out of the Federal Courthouse, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in New Orleans, after a judge ruled the New Orleans Police Department can ...