Attorney General Merrick Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters at the Justice Department and restore its reputation for independence after four turbulent years during Donald Trump's presid ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Police Department can begin winding down its longstanding federal oversight, a judge ruled ...

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled on Tuesday that the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) ...

After years of federal oversight, the New Orleans Police Department is entering the final phase of the consent decree.

A federal judge has announced her decision on the New Orleans Police Department's yearslong consent decree. Judge Susie ...

The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has taken a critical step toward ending more than a decade of federal oversight ...

Federal oversight continues as NOPD enters two-year sustainment period, signaling progress but maintaining accountability.

The days after Hurricane Katrina were dark ones for New Orleans, and in particular for its police department, some members of ...

After 12 years under a sprawling, court-enforced reform agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the plan is a major ...

Morgan said that NOPD must fully comply with the sustainment plan for two years before the department is officially released from the consent decree. The consent decree was a result of a 2011 report ...