The New Orleans Police Department can begin ending its longstanding federal oversight, a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a ...

Judge Susie Morgan granted the NOPD a two-year sustainment period, signaling the beginning of the end of the consent decree.

the New Orleans Police Department is entering the final phase of the consent decree. U.S. District Court Judge Susie Morgan ruled the department is ready to enter the sustainment period.

New Orleans Police officials walk out of Federal ... U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan: "The court is tremendously proud of the achievements the NOPD has made. The hard work of the civilian and ...

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

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 ...

Judge Susie Morgan in her ruling ordered the commencement of the two-year sustainment period, stressing that the sustainment plan will guarantee that the NOPD and the city of New Orleans will ...