City, feds narrow monitor search to five firms
 

The New Orleans Police Department consent decree monitor evaluation committee held its first public meeting today, narrowing a list of candidates to five firms from the 12 that applied. The committee, made up of five representatives from New Orleans city government ? which is fighting in court to void the consent decree ? and five from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will meet throughout March and April to select a monitor before the court-mandated April 30 deadline.? [ Read more ]

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