Quarterly Reports

• Report of the Monitoring Team for the Second Quarter of 2023 (issued 2023-08-15)

• Report of the Monitoring Team for the First Quarter of 2023 (issued 2023-05-17)

• Cover Letter to the Annual Report of the Monitoring Team for 2022 (issued 2023-02-24)
• Annual Report of the Monitoring Team for 2022 (issued 2023-02-24)

• Cover Letter to the Annual Report of the Monitoring Team for 2020 (issued 2021-02-17)
• Annual Report of the Monitoring Team for 2020 (issued 2021-02-17)

• Cover Letter to the Monitor's Comprehensive Reassessment Pursuant To Paragraph 456 of the Consent Decree (issued 2019-01-24)
• Monitor's Comprehensive Reassessment Pursuant To Paragraph 456 of the Consent Decree (issued 2019-01-24)

• Cover Letter to the Annual Report of the Monitoring Team for 2017 (issued 2018-04-10)
• Annual Report of the Monitoring Team for 2017 (issued 2018-04-10)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Monitoring Team for the Third and Fourth Quarters of 2016 (issued 2017-06-19)
• Report of the Monitoring Team for the Third and Fourth Quarters of 2016 (issued 2017-06-19)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Monitoring Team for the First and Second Quarters of 2016 (issued 2016-09-26)
• Report of the Monitoring Team for the First and Second Quarters of 2016 (issued 2016-09-26)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Monitoring Team for the Third and Fourth Quarters of 2015 (issued 2016-02-26)
• Report of the Monitoring Team for the Third and Fourth Quarters of 2015 (issued 2016-02-26)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Monitoring Team for the First and Second Quarters of 2015 (issued 2015-10-02)
• Report of the Monitoring Team for the First and Second Quarters of 2015 (issued 2015-10-02)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Monitoring Team for the Fourth Quarter of 2014 (issued 2015-04-28)
• Report of the Monitoring Team for the Fourth Quarter of 2014 (issued 2015-04-28)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Monitoring Team for the Third Quarter of 2014 (issued 2014-12-19)
• Report of the Monitoring Team for the Third Quarter of 2014 (issued 2014-12-19)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Monitoring Team for the Second Quarter of 2014 (issued on 2014-08-31)
• Report of the Monitoring Team for the Second Quarter of 2014 (issued on 2014-08-31)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Monitoring Team for the First Quarter of 2014 (issued on 2014-05-27)
• Report of the Monitoring Team for the First Quarter of 2014 (issued on 2014-05-27)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Monitoring Team for the Fourth Quarter of 2013 (issued on 2013-11-29)
• Report of the Monitoring Team for the Fourth Quarter of 2013 (issued on 2013-11-29)

Special Reports

• Special Report of the Consent Decree Monitor on NOPD Sexual Assault Investigations 2023-07-07

• Report of the Monitoring Team regarding Investigation into Allegations Against Officer Jeffrey Vappie 2023-06-15 

• Report of the Consent Decree Monitor on the New Orleans Police Department Public Integrity Bureau 2023-05-03

• Monitoring Teams Technical Assistance Report 2022-09-12

• Preparing for Sustainment - Public Proceeding - Presentation from the Office of the Consent Decree Monitor 2021-03-23
• Public Proceeding (Loyola University) Video Recording  2021-03-23

• Cover Letter to the Special Report of the Office of the Consent Decree Monitor Reporting The Results Of The Monitoring Team’s Audit Of The NOPD District-Based Task Forces (issued 2020-06-25)
• Special Report of the Office of the Consent Decree Monitor Reporting The Results Of The Monitoring Team’s Audit Of The NOPD District-Based Task Forces (issued 2020-06-25)

• Cover Letter to the Special Report of the Consent Decree Monitor Reporting the Results of the Third Biennial Community Survey (issued 2019-11-11)
• Special Report of the Consent Decree Monitor Reporting the Results of the Third Biennial Community Survey  (issued 2019-11-11)

• Monitor's Report On NOPD Progress Under The Consent Decree (issued 2019-01-25)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Consent Decree Monitor For the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree on Domestic Violence Patrol Response (issued 2017-12-21)
• Report of the Consent Decree Monitor For the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree on Domestic Violence Patrol Response (issued 2017-12-21)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Consent Decree Monitor For the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree on the Results of the Second Biennial Community Survey (issued 2017-07-24)
• Report of the Consent Decree Monitor For the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree on the Results of the Second Biennial Community Survey (issued 2017-07-24)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Consent Decree Monitor For the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree on NOPD Use of Force (issued 2017-05-05)
• Report of the Consent Decree Monitor For the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree on NOPD Use of Force (issued 2017-05-05)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Consent Decree Monitor For the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree on NOPD Background Investigation Practices (issued 2017-01-18)
• Report of the Consent Decree Monitor For the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree on NOPD Background Investigation Practices (issued 2017-01-18)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Consent Decree Monitor on the New Orleans Police Department's Officer Selection Practices (issued 2015-08-12)
• Report of the Consent Decree Monitor on the New Orleans Police Department's Officer Selection Practices (issued 2015-08-12)

• Cover Letter to the Report of the Consent Decree Monitor on the New Orleans Police Department's Supervision Policies and Practices (issued 2015-07-21)
• Report of the Consent Decree Monitor on the New Orleans Police Department's Supervision Policies and Practices (issued 2015-07-21)

Court Filings

• [739] ORDER AND REASONS: The City is required to appear in Court on August 31, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., to show cause why it should not be found to have violated (1) the provisions of the Consent Decree with respect to the conduct of PIB investigations, as set forth above, and (2) the provisions of the Consent Decree regarding timeliness of investigations, imposition of discipline, and notification of complainants 2023-08-21

• [732] ORDER: On or before Monday, August 7, 2023 at 12:00 p.m., the parties may file any objections, requests for extensions, or motions for protective orders in response to this Court's order requiring the production of documents and setting a show cause hearing. Oppositions to any objections, requests for extensions, or motions for protective orders may be filed on or before Friday, August 11, 2023-2023-08-03

• [731] ORDER granting [730] Motion to Continue The Show Cause hearing is hereby continued to 8/24/2023 02:00 PM before Judge Susie Morgan 2023-07-27

• [729] ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE as to New Orleans City. Show Cause Hearing set for 8/16/2023 02:00 PM before Judge Susie Morgan 2023-07-21

• [678] ORDER regarding the public hearing scheduled for Wednesday, March 29,2023 2023-03-28 

• [694] Report of the Consent Decree Monitor on the New Orleans Police Department Public Integrity Bureau 2023-05-03

• [489] Minute Entry - USDC EDLa - Sexual Assault Domestic Violence 2016-08-18

• [479] Minute Entry - USDC EDLa - Use of Force 2016-05-19

Other

• OCDM Presentation Accompanying Court Hearing Regarding OCDM’s Review of PIB Administrative Investigations Process 2023-06-21

• Prepared Status Conference Remarks of the Monitoring Team- 2023-04-27

• Compliance Status Slides - 2023-04-27

• Consent Decree Monitor Public Meeting - Recording - 2023-03-07

• Judge Morgan's  Orders after the August 17, 2022 Public Hearing

• Prepared Public Hearing Remarks of Jonathan S. Aronie and David L. Douglass August 17, 2022

• Prepared Public Meeting Remarks of Jonathan S. Aronie, Lead Monitor, NOPD Consent Decree Before Judge Susie Morgan, U.S. District Court For The Eastern District of Louisiana April 20, 2022

• Presentation to Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference New Orleans, Louisiana 2020-03-06

• Public Hearing Opening Statement of Jonathan S. Aronie, Consent Decree Monitor Over The New Orleans Police Department Before The U.S. District Court For The Eastern District of Louisiana Focusing on the NOPD Police Academy 2019-12-17

• Progress in sexual assault cases praised. Jim Mustian, The New Orleans Advocate.com 2019-08-19

• Community Policing Opening Statement at Court 2018-08-16

• Office Of The Consent Decree Monitor Status Report 2018-05-31

• Public Hearing Comments of Jonathan S. Aronie, Lead Monitor, NOPD Consent Decree, Before Judge Susie Morgan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 2017-11-16

• Public Hearing Comments of Jonathan S. Aronie, Lead Monitor, NOPD Consent Decree, Before Judge Susie Morgan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 2017-08-31

• "Program aims to stop police misconduct," The Times-Picayune 2017-06-14

• Public Hearing Comments of Jonathan S. Aronie, Lead Monitor, NOPD Consent Decree, Before Judge Susie Morgan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 2017-06-13

• "An EPIC Idea by NOPD: A New Model for Ethical Policing," Police Chief Magazine 2016-11

• "Peer Intervention,"  Subject to Debate, a Newsletter of the Police Executive Research Forum 2016-07

• Sex crimes unit progressing under NOPD consent decree, monitors say. By Jed Lipinski, The Times-Picayune 2016-08-21 

Consent Decree Monitor Jonathan Aronie's Keynote Remarks at The Police and Justice Foundation Annual Stakeout for Justice Event 2015-11-12

Transcripts of Court Hearings

• Public Court Hearing Transcript 2022-10-19

• Public Court Hearing Transcript 2022-09-27

• Public Court Hearing Transcript 2022-08-17

• Public Court Hearing Transcript 2022-04-20

• Public Court Hearing Transcript 2017-06-13

• Public Court Hearing Transcript 2016-05-19