NEW ORLEANS (AP) — 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 ...

The New Orleans Police Department could be on the eve of emerging from the federal consent decree. A U.S. District Court judge will announce a decision Tuesday on whether the NOPD is ready to have ...

WASHINGTON – Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy is one of the few in Congress not hemming and hawing about President Donald Trump ...

The federal oversight agreement that hangs over the New Orleans Police Department is viewed acrimoniously by police officers, ...

The U.S. Department of Justice issued a report Thursday evening finding that Louisiana State Police employs practices that ...

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 Louisiana State Police for years have used excessive force during arrests and vehicle pursuits. That's according to a ...

NOPJF, a nonprofit organization, has contracted Teneo to lead a public safety assessment of the city. The Teneo team will be led by risk and security expert William J. Bratton.

Justice Department career officials were reassigned to advance Donald Trump's immigration agenda, an official familiar with ...

Instead, the judge said she was sticking to the joint motion filed by the city and Justice Department in September ... the civic advocacy group New Orleans United Front and attended most of ...

NEW ORLEANS ... Justice Department will continue to review audits, policies and data throughout the sustainment period, he said. “The object here is not perfection, the object here is constitutional ...

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 ...