A federal judge has officially ended the long-running consent decree over the New Orleans Police Department, closing out a 12-year oversight agreement.
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A federal judge said she's prepared to end the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree, if all involved agree to it. The consent decree was enacted in 2013 after the Department of Justice found patterns of corruption within the NOPD. It was enacted in an effort…
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office has been under a consent decree for over a decade, with no timetable on when it might end. During an Oct. 14 consent decree hearing, the OPSO informed Federal Magistrate Michael North that, due to the recent cyber-attack, they were unable…