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 Department of Justice report on Louisiana State Police offers smart, commonsense improvements, and is not a political hit job. Columnist Quin Hillyer argues Gov. Jeff Landry and AG Liz Murrill would be wise to welcome it,

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 to wind down monitoring.

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 less oversight.

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

The federal judge overseeing the New Orleans Police Department’s decade-long consent decree is poised to make a pivotal decision — whether to begin to wind down the reform agreement that has touched nearly every aspect of policing in the city.

The United States Department of Justice announced Thursday that the Louisiana State Police have been found to engage in unconstitutional practices, including excessive use of force, unjustified

The Louisiana State Police for years have used excessive force during arrests and vehicle pursuits. That's according to a scathing report released Thursday by the U.S.

NEW ORLEANS -- 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 to wind down the monitoring program.

A judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending longstanding federal oversight. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan’s ruling Tuesday came in response to a request

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 public deserves complete transparency and the truth regarding the New Orleans terrorist attack and the Las Vegas car explosion,” the senators said in a statement.