DOJ Urges Court to End Federal Oversight of New Orleans Police Reforms

The DOJ touted reforms made by the New Orleans Police Department after an investigation found evidence of misconduct.

Police officers work at the scene of a shooting that occurred during the Krewe of Bacchus parade in New Orleans on Feb. 19, 2023. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the City of New Orleans filed a motion in federal court on Sept. 27 seeking to begin the process of ending federal oversight of the city’s police department.

In a memorandum in support of the joint motion, attorneys for the city and the DOJ asked the court to find that the former has “sufficiently complied” with a consent decree agreed upon in 2013 by the city and federal government to reform the police.