Public Safety
Why it’s important to protect firefighters’ pensions AND taxpayers
By Tommy Tucker
Source: WWL Radio
April 30, 2024
This interview with BGR President and CEO Rebecca Mowbray is no longer available online. Click here to read BGR’s...
BGR Calls for Clear Justification of Future Firefighter Pension Proposals
April 24, 2024
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) released a new report, Altering New Orleans Firefighter Pension Benefits Demands Careful Analysis...
New NOPD chief’s approach to crime; holiday cooking tips; 18th annual ‘Christmas Without Tears’
By Bob Pavlovich and Alana Schreiber
Source: WWNO New Orleans Public Radio
December 14, 2023
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to catch up on the week in politics. The Time- Picayune/The Advocate’s editorial...NOPD Supt. wants more state police troopers in the city
By Chris Welty
Source: Fox 8
December 14, 2023
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick wants Louisiana State Police to play a bigger role...New Orleans wants a new state police troop to patrol the French Quarter
By Carlie Koliath Wells
Source: Axios New Orleans
December 14, 2023
New Orleans’ new police chief has asked for a Louisiana State Police troop based in the French Quarter. Why it...‘No stone unturned’: How new NOPD chief aims to use newcomer status to her advantage
By Missy Wilkinson
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
In the sunlit atrium of a New Orleans skyscraper, a group of business leaders and policymakers sat shoulder-to-shoulder on...Shaping the Future of NOPD: BGR Breakfast Briefing with Supt. Kirkpatrick
December 13, 2023
Today, BGR presented a Breakfast Briefing with Anne E. Kirkpatrick, new Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department. Thanks...
Can the Sheriff’s Office and the City come to an agreement over OPP funding?
By Newell Normand
Source: WWL Radio
October 10, 2023
BGR President and CEO Rebecca Mowbray discussed BGR’s renewed call for the City of New Orleans and the Orleans...
BGR Analyzes City of New Orleans’ Use of Federal Pandemic Relief Funds
December 13, 2022
A new report from the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) takes a closer look at the impacts of the City...
‘They fear no consequences.’ NOPD chief, JPSO sheriff talk about crime spike, recruitment efforts
By Michelle Hunter
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
May 12, 2022
Recruiting and keeping police officers remains a huge challenge for area law enforcement agencies, and will continue to be...