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 ...

The New Orleans Police Department can begin ending its longstanding federal oversight, a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department to wind down the ...

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 ...

Officers were attempting to break up an altercation when the suspect, described as a Black woman, reportedly used pepper spray on them.

A new police accountability database is in the works for New Orleans designed to make disciplinary records more accessible to ...

The city and the U.S. Justice Department joined Friday in asking a federal judge to free the New Orleans Police Department from court oversight following a two-year “sustainment” period ...

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.

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department can begin ending its longstanding federal oversight, a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department to ...