Holder to announce New Orleans police reforms
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Attorney General Eric Holder will announce a federal consent decree to require sweeping reform of the long-troubled New Orleans Police Department.
A person with direct knowledge of the plan says the reforms Holder will announce Tuesday in New Orleans are expected to be some of the broadest and strictest ever imposed on a police department. They will be overseen by a federal judge.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been made public,
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The department has been plagued by decades of corruption and mismanagement. It came under renewed scrutiny after Hurricane Katrina.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu asked the Justice Department for a review in 2010. The mayor will join Holder for the announcement.
A spokesman for Landrieu wouldn't comment on Tuesday's announcement.