Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill have announced their partnership in an effort to end the New Orleans Police Department’s consent decree. “Now is the time to end NOPD’s consent decree and return control of policing to the City—the brave men and women who serve in the NOPD deserve recognition for the hard work and commitment to this community that they have demonstrated over the last decade,” said Murrill.Landry and Murrill both stated their belief that the federal consent decree had become an expensive bureaucracy and was detrimental to the central mission of the NOPD. Murrill has agreed to help represent the city in court so that the city can get a ruling on its motion to terminate before binding itself to a new or continuing obligation.According to the attorney general’s office, taxpayers in Orleans Parish have spent millions of dollars and police have spent multiple hours in court instead of working. She says this has caused recruiting to suffer and crime to rise, and New Orleans has joined the top 10 most dangerous cities. The consent decree was enacted more than a decade ago by the United States Department of Justice due to unconstitutional policing. For years, the city has been pushing to end the consent decree, saying the New Orleans Police Department has met or exceeded the benchmarks set by the feds. In September, the DOJ and the city filed a joint motion, starting the process of ending it completely. Here is the attorney general and Landry’s full statement: “Now is the time to end NOPD’s consent decree and return control of policing to the City—the brave men and women who serve in the NOPD deserve recognition for the hard work and commitment to this community that they have demonstrated over the last decade.”Even before New Year’s Day 2025, Governor Landry and the Attorney General Liz Murrill stated their belief that the federal Consent Decree that continues to require federal judicial oversight of the New Orleans Police Department had become an expensive bureaucracy that was detrimental to the central mission of the NOPD. Even though it is abundantly clear that the NOPD has substantially complied with its obligations under the agreement, and many of these matters are not in dispute, the department has not been relieved of oversight of a single provision in the 12 years since the Court first approved the Decree. “The taxpayers of Orleans Parish have spent millions of dollars, and the top brass of the NOPD have spent countless hours in federal court instead of working at their desks or patrolling the streets of New Orleans to fight crime. In fact, during the pendency of this decree, recruiting has suffered, crime has risen, and New Orleans joined the top ten most dangerous cities in the Country. “The City has a right to have its motion to terminate the decree decided. That is why the Attorney General has agreed to help represent the City in court so that the City can get a ruling on its motion to terminate before binding itself to new or continuing obligations. Since the City has substantially complied with the Decree, there is absolutely no legal reason for a new agreement like the proposed Plan. The Governor and the Attorney General stand with the City of New Orleans and are committed to protecting the City’s right to regain control of NOPD. “We need the NOPD to be relieved from this burdensome decree.”
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill have announced their partnership in an effort to end the New Orleans Police Department’s consent decree.
“Now is the time to end NOPD’s consent decree and return control of policing to the City—the brave men and women who serve in the NOPD deserve recognition for the hard work and commitment to this community that they have demonstrated over the last decade,” said Murrill.
Landry and Murrill both stated their belief that the federal consent decree had become an expensive bureaucracy and was detrimental to the central mission of the NOPD.
Murrill has agreed to help represent the city in court so that the city can get a ruling on its motion to terminate before binding itself to a new or continuing obligation.
According to the attorney general’s office, taxpayers in Orleans Parish have spent millions of dollars and police have spent multiple hours in court instead of working. She says this has caused recruiting to suffer and crime to rise, and New Orleans has joined the top 10 most dangerous cities.
The consent decree was enacted more than a decade ago by the United States Department of Justice due to unconstitutional policing.
For years, the city has been pushing to end the consent decree, saying the New Orleans Police Department has met or exceeded the benchmarks set by the feds.
In September, the DOJ and the city filed a joint motion, starting the process of ending it completely.
Here is the attorney general and Landry’s full statement:
“Now is the time to end NOPD’s consent decree and return control of policing to the City—the brave men and women who serve in the NOPD deserve recognition for the hard work and commitment to this community that they have demonstrated over the last decade.
“Even before New Year’s Day 2025, Governor Landry and the Attorney General Liz Murrill stated their belief that the federal Consent Decree that continues to require federal judicial oversight of the New Orleans Police Department had become an expensive bureaucracy that was detrimental to the central mission of the NOPD. Even though it is abundantly clear that the NOPD has substantially complied with its obligations under the agreement, and many of these matters are not in dispute, the department has not been relieved of oversight of a single provision in the 12 years since the Court first approved the Decree.
“The taxpayers of Orleans Parish have spent millions of dollars, and the top brass of the NOPD have spent countless hours in federal court instead of working at their desks or patrolling the streets of New Orleans to fight crime. In fact, during the pendency of this decree, recruiting has suffered, crime has risen, and New Orleans joined the top ten most dangerous cities in the Country.
“The City has a right to have its motion to terminate the decree decided. That is why the Attorney General has agreed to help represent the City in court so that the City can get a ruling on its motion to terminate before binding itself to new or continuing obligations. Since the City has substantially complied with the Decree, there is absolutely no legal reason for a new agreement like the proposed Plan. The Governor and the Attorney General stand with the City of New Orleans and are committed to protecting the City’s right to regain control of NOPD.
“We need the NOPD to be relieved from this burdensome decree.”
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