Federal Judge Assigned to NOPD Consent Decree Calls State Police Expansion Plan “Confusing and Contradictory”

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Federal Judge Assigned to NOPD Consent Decree Calls State Police Expansion Plan “Confusing and Contradictory”

By Anitra D. BrownThe New Orleans Tribune Judge Susie Morgan, who presides over the federal consent decree in which the New Orleans Police Department is under, began a Thursday morning status hearing to discuss progress made in how NOPD’s officers conduct stops, searches and arrests by offering her opinion on a different, though slightly related topic. The question: Will Troop NOLA—an expansion of state police presence in the city that has been …