The gap between the formal security plan on paper and the reality on the ground is raising questions about how fully engaged city officials were in formulating, vetting and executing their agreed upon playbook for one of the busiest nights of the year in the French Quarter.

One person was killed in a traffic crash on Interstate 10 near Elysian Fields Avenue early Sunday morning, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

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.

Newly released police bodycam video shows that the Islamic State group-inspired attacker who killed 14 people in a truck rampage on New Year’s Day fired at least one time from inside his truck before police fatally shot him.

Three New Orleans Police Department officers who helped stop a terror attack suspect who plowed down Bourbon Street have opened up about their experience responding to the attack. The NOPD shared a video featuring Jacobie Jordan, Nigel Daggs and Christian Beyers of the Fifth District.

Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick also identified the officers who fired on the attacker, calling them “national heroes.”

The New Orleans Police Department released a body camera video of officers fatally shooting a man who earlier had driven a rented vehicle into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street, killing 14 and

According to the NOPD, two people have been arrested and another is being sought in connection with the crime.

The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has taken a critical step toward ending more than a decade of federal oversight following a damning Department of Justice report dating back to 2011.

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. The police department has transformed itself ...

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick, center, chats with U.S. Justice Department deputy monitor David Douglass, left, in Federal Court, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in New Orleans ...

A judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending longstanding federal oversight NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Police Department can begin ending its longstanding ...