Public Safety
Teens, ages 14 and 16, killed in fiery crash into Broadmoor salon ID’d by coroner
By Emily Lane
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
April 3, 2019
A 14-year-old and 16-year old were killed March 20 when the car they were in crashed into a Broadmoor...Here’s the new NOPD police chief’s plans for the future
By Heath Allen
Source: WDSU
March 28, 2019
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson is laying out his plans for the police department’s future...NOPD Chief Optimistic About Department’s Future
By Eileen Fleming
Source: WWNO
March 27, 2019
New Orleans Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson delivered an optimistic assessment Wednesday of the department he’s led since mid-January. Chief...NOPD’s New Chief Shares His Vision for a Safer New Orleans
March 27, 2019
The New Orleans Police Department’s new superintendent, Shaun Ferguson, presented at a BGR Breakfast Briefing on his vision and...
NOPD faces ‘structural deficit’ from pay raises, overtime: Cantrell
By Greg LaRose
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
June 15, 2018
To provide New Orleans police officers with a pay raise starting in 2018, former Mayor Mitch Landrieu tapped into an initial...Covington police chief honored
By The Advocate
Source: The Advocate
May 17, 2018
Covington Police Chief Tim Lentz has been selected to receive the Bureau of Governmental Research’s Excellence in Government 2018...Covington Police Chief Tim Lentz gets BGR award for opioid program
By Robert Rhoden
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
May 11, 2018
Covington Police Chief Tim Lentz has received the Excellence in Government 2018 Innovation Award from the Bureau of Governmental Research...Here’s how Convention Center can help fund New Orleans public safety plan
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
February 11, 2017
The $40 million public safety plan proposed recently by Mayor Mitch Landrieu and being considered by other New Orleans...Major expansion of surveillance cameras in French Quarter, 20 hot spots
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
January 23, 2017
A massive expansion of the New Orleans Police Department’s surveillance capabilities, in both the French Quarter and 20 “hot...