Revamp Of New Orleans PD Comprehensive, Expensive
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A court-backed plan to excise corruption, discrimination and a frequent use of deadly force from the long-troubled New Orleans Police Department will last at least four years and likely cost the financially strapped city $11 million annually.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced the plan Tuesday. Holder said the agreement is the most wide-ranging in the Justice Department's history. He says it also resolves allegations that New Orleans police officers have engaged in a pattern of discriminatory and unconstitutional activity.
It comes in the form of a court-approved consent decree. The Justice Department negotiated the decree with the city after releasing a scathing report taking the department to task on multiple fronts in March 2011.
The agreement includes extensive requirements for improved training, better supervision and new technology.
More From News Talk 96.5 KPEL
![New Orleans Authorities Search for Machete Wielding Suspects who Robbed Lower 9th Ward Gas Station](http://townsquare.media/site/34/files/2022/08/attachment-IMG_4672.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![NOPD Officer Arrested on Accusations of Driving Drunk, Crashing into Multiple Cars While On Duty](http://townsquare.media/site/34/files/2022/08/attachment-Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-5.58.01-PM.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Dramatic Video Released of New Orleans Police Shootout with Robbery Suspects](http://townsquare.media/site/33/files/2019/06/Capture-2.png?w=980&q=75)
![Landry Announces Plan To Bolster French Quarter Patrols](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2016/07/Jackson-Square-Cops-www.flickr.com_-e1467472698766.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![3 Law Enforcement Agencies Searching For Local Man](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2015/08/Francis-Frank-Bourgeois-SPD-photo.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Orleans Police Officer Resigns Amid Drug Accusations](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/09/Fifteen-lbs-Cocaine-State-Police.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Orleans Officer Shot In Leg](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2013/10/Police-Sirens-4-iStock.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![2nd Arrest In Death Of Baby Girl In New Orleans](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/10/Police-Sirens-Flickr-User-fazen.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![NOPD Reverses Policy On Identifying Homes Used For Drug Sales](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/02/NOLA-police-chief-Ronal-Serpas.jpg?w=980&q=75)