The Louisiana Department of Public Safety (DPS) has agreed to spend nearly $1.5 million to hire The Bowman Group to perform an independent external review and assessment of Louisiana State Police (LSP) policies, procedures, practices, training, and culture amid scrutiny over trooper beatings of Black motorists following several high-profile cases.
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City Council Members Press Ferguson on “Lack of Urgency” Producing Crime Plan
February 1, 2022“Unfortunately, the Superintendent has time to attend parades but no urgency to produce a plan to be part of implementing the necessary changes to make us safe.” -JP Morrell, New Orleans City Council Vice President
Why New Orleans Needs a Non-Police Emergency Response Team Now
November 8, 2021It was chilly Saturday morning at 2:00 a.m. when my neighbor looked outside and saw a white-haired man with only one leg trying to use his walker as a wheelchair. The man appeared agitated and was being harassed by teenagers. Thinking he could probably take care of himself, my neighbor went back to sleep. About […]
NOPD Will Need Extra Hands To Manage Mardi Gras 2022
October 26, 2021The City of New Orleans is going to need extra help from officers working for other law enforcement agencies to manage next year’s Mardi Gras festivities. According to a source inside the Cantrell administration, Mayor Cantrell and Chief Shaun Ferguson have already made a decision to establish a single parade route that begins at Napoleon […]
Support Council President Moreno Cannabis Decriminalization Ordinances
July 30, 2021In 2011 then Councilperson Susan Guidry put forth the first cannabis reform ordinance in modern New Orleans history. It allowed New Orleans Police to issue a municipal summons for simple possession of cannabis for first time offenders in lieu of custodial arrest. In 2014 the Louisiana legislature allowed cities to create their own punishments for […]
Leilani Heno: 100% for Freeing Up Police From Time-Wasting Marijuana Arrests
July 27, 2021In an exuberant Facebook post Sunday afternoon, candidate for mayor Leilani Heno said that favors directing the NOPD to focus on violent crime. “I am 100% for freeing up our limited police officers from dealing with petty offenses so that they can focus on the serious violent crimes that are simply out of control and […]
OPPRC Scores Victory With NOLA City Council on Help Not Handcuffs Initiative
June 18, 2021The Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition (OPPRC) today moved one step closer to their goal of creating a non-police crisis response unit. By unanimous vote, the New Orleans City Council established an advisory task force that will create a model for crisis response. Council President Helena Moreno authored the resolution to create the task force. […]
Councilmember Banks Endorses OPPRC’s Proposed “Help Not Handcuffs” Program
June 7, 2021City Councilmember Jay Banks pledged Saturday to support “Help Not Handcuffs,” a non-police crisis response alternative currently being advocated by the Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition (OPPRC). “You have a partner in me,” Banks told a standing-room only crowd including many District B residents. “I am committed to doing what I can to make this […]
Help Not Handcuffs: Mentally Ill Individuals in New Orleans Deserve Better
May 18, 2021People suffering from mental health issues in New Orleans deserve help not handcuffs. They need professionals with mental health training, not guns, to provide them with medical care that will solve the problems they are dealing with, not worsen them. Adults with untreated severe mental health issues generate one in ten calls to the police […]
Why Is Policing on Claiborne Avenue More Intense Than Policing in the French Quarter?
April 22, 2021Due to a steep decrease in COVID-19 cases, New Orleans moved into Modified Phase Three COVID-19 restrictions this month. These relaxed requirements reduced the curfew placed on bars so they can now stay open until 1 AM, increased the permitted amount of people allowed to gather indoors and outdoors, to 150 and 250 respectively, and, […]
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