The ruling marks a new chapter for the NOPD after operating under the federal consent decree for more than ten years. However, a late move by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Louisiana ...

Morgan approved a two-year “sustainment period” to allow the NOPD to fix outstanding problems and show that reforms remain in place while federal monitoring and support continue. The decision ...

NEW ORLEANS — Finally, some good news for New Orleans in 2025. NOPD is now on a two-year exit-ramp from a federal consent decree that brought major changes to the department over the past 12 years.

Last year, around this time, the two were marching with Landry's band during a parade when Mitchell was shoved by an NOPD officer. His friend Jerome pulled him away. That moment went viral across ...

Since 2013, the NOPD has been under an expansive consent decree, intended to reshape virtually every aspect of the agency, with court-appointed monitors closely tracking its progress. Now ...

Police also released security camera footage that shows much of what happened. NOPD releases pics of St. Roch shooting suspects In the video, a man is seen riding up to a house on a bicycle ...

"What a great day this is," said NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick, who made compliance with the federal consent decree a top goal when she was tapped to lead the city's police force in late 2023.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A pivotal decision in the future of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) is expected Tuesday (Jan. 14) morning as U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan will rule on whether the ...

“The court is tremendously proud of the achievements the NOPD has made…The NOPD is a far different agency from the one that spawned the DOJ investigation in 2011,” she said. Morgan’s ...

NOPD reports 206,000 total calls to 911, and the non-emergency line and response times are the quickest they’ve been since 2021. The department also does a separate report for domestic violence.