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 ...

NOPD is now on a two-year exit ramp from a federal consent decree that brought major changes to the department over the past 12 years.

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 — (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 ...