NOPD has appealed the decision to the state Supreme Court. O'Hern, in the meantime, had accumulated more than $80,780 in back pay by the time the 4th Circuit issued its ruling, records show.

New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick wearing her police badge “upside down” is part of a longstanding department tradition that underlines her leadership role ...

Bottom Line: NOPD is on probation for two years. If things continue to improve, Judge Susie Morgan will end the consent decree. Better still, it will mean NOPD is living up the motto: To Serve AND ...

NOPD has been under the consent decree, which mandates policing reforms, since 2013. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan who oversees the consent decree has said the NOPD was close to reaching full ...

Since returning to the NOPD in May 2010 as superintendent after stints in other states, Serpas has instituted some reforms of the detail system, such as prohibiting cash payments to officers and ...

A FOX 8 investigation finds NOPD officers arrested for DWI—some while driving with children or resisting arrest—remain on the force, raising questions of accountability.

In a federal courtroom packed with NOPD's top brass and community members, Judge Morgan heard the New Orleans Police Department's plans for a sustainment period. Skip Navigation.

The new NOPD headquarters discussion is now moving to the full city council for approval. This comes after the criminal justice committee voted Monday to move the issue forward.It’s now one step ...

A new development emerged in the NOPD's federal consent decree on Friday, Sept. 27.

Among them, NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick testified as an expert in police hiring. Kirkpatrick declared that she never would have hired Vicknair, given an arrest on his record that took ...

Photos from the NOPD Seventh District Facebook page show Seventh District officers lining up outside the school as Maisie, her mother and her sister Camille arrive.