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

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.

In a joint statement, Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill said, “Now is the time to end NOPD’s consent decree and return control of policing to the City—the brave men and women who serve in the NOPD deserve recognition for the hard work and commitment to this community that they have demonstrated over the last decade.”

After more than a decade under federal oversight, the New Orleans Police Department will finally have a chance to prove that it can police itself, a judge ruled Tuesday.

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

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Police Department can begin ... the Justice Department to start wrapping up the monitoring program. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan said the police department has transformed itself into a more transparent and ...

In a federal courtroom packed with NOPD's top brass and community members, Judge Susie Morgan heard the New Orleans Police Department's plans for a sustainment period. The City of New Orleans and the Department of Justice filed a joint motion to begin the sustainment period.

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

U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan’s ruling Tuesday came in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department to begin winding down the oversight over the next two

NEW ORLEANS (AP ... though work remains to be done, U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan said during a hearing. Morgan approved a two-year “sustainment period” to allow the NOPD to fix ...