According to the City of New Orleans’ crime dashboard, in 2022, New Orleans saw the highest number of vehicle thefts in a decade. In addition, there were 618 vehicle thefts in the first nineteen days of 2023, averaging about 33 thefts per day. Although The Metropolitan Crime Commission reports that the number of stolen vehicles […]
Which New Orleans elected leader really has the peoples back? Is it Mayor LaToya Cantrell who is making that claim in the midst of the citys worst crime wave in years, or Councilmember Helena Moreno who just completed almost three years as City Council president and believes when we all come together, great things can happen?
However, research shows most people with mental illness are not violent and they are more likely to be victims of crime.
On Tuesday, Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced that Michelle Woodfork, a 32-year department veteran, will serve as interim superintendent while a search is conducted for a permanent replacement following Shaun Ferguson's retirement on Thursday.
According to a recent report, sexual violence by New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officers has become an everyday practice of policing. In fact, on average, there is a complaint of sexual violence filed against an NOPD officer every 10 days.
After a rocky four-year tenure, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Shaun Ferguson will retire at the end of the year. Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced Ferguson's planned retirement on Tuesday, though she did not give a specific date for Ferguson to step down.
In remarks Tuesday to the City Councils Criminal Justice Committee, activist Belden Noonie Man Batiste said that the Council should open an investigation on every New Orleans police officer who was involved in the cover-up during and after the February 2021 altercation between former City Council member Jay Banks and Batiste.
In an 18-page report, the OIPM identified numerous instances where NOPD officials repeatedly attempted to intimidate Batiste, provided preferential treatment to Banks, produced inconsistent reports with multiple errors, omissions and contradictory statements, and covered up conflicts of interest by failing to thoroughly and properly investigate Batistes many well-founded allegations.
Over the past week, Cantrell has taken to blaming the federal consent decree - which has been in place since 2013 - for the recent staffing shortages at the NOPD. At a town hall on Thursday, Cantrell said that Mardi Gras 2023 may be canceled, and placed the blame squarely on the consent decree for the shortages.
The elected Constable of Second City Court has confirmed that the man was off duty and working a paid security detail in the French Quarter.
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