Mayor Greenberg announced on Monday that a request for proposals has been issued for those interested in the independent monitor position. Applications are being accepted until Aug. 4. The independent ...

Louisville Metro Government has shared feedback from listening sessions and the application details for the independent ...

A Louisiana law that creates criminal penalties for local law enforcement officers who do not fully cooperate with federal immigration investigations is putting the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s ...

Mayor Harrell files for court approval to terminate the Seattle police consent decree and revise crowd management policies.

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was canceling proposed consent decrees reached with Minneapolis and Louisville to implement policing reforms in the wake of high profile police killings.

The New Orleans Police Department could be on the eve of emerging from the federal consent decree.

After more than a decade under federal oversight, the New Orleans Police Department will finally have a chance to prove that it can police itself, a judge ruled Tuesday.

The consent decree was a result of a 2011 report by the DOJ that alleged NOPD had a pattern of excessive force, discriminatory policing and excessive searches and seizures.

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A proposal to wind down the New Orleans Police Department’s longstanding federal consent decree is drawing pushback from critics who say the department needs ongoing oversight.