A Louisiana police officer is in critical but stable condition after being dragged by a fleeing vehicle for about 100 feet early Sunday morning.
Read More →NOPD officials said the data presented Wednesday is "incomplete." According to police, the data should focus on NOPD's emergency response times rather than their response to all calls for help.
Read More →The departing thoughts of veteran officers and newbies alike lend biting and often emotional detail to a recent NOPD-commissioned survey that reflected similar discontent, with pay a distant second in the reasons officers gave for leaving in droves.
Read More →The 4-2 vote on an ordinance introduced by District C Council member Eugene Green rolls back parts of a broader surveillance ban passed by the council in 2020. It allows the New Orleans Police Department to request access to facial-recognition technology when it is investigating violent crimes.
Read More →Officer Brian Olliff died Saturday after suffering a heat-related medical event. He was working in the downtown district at the time.
Read More →“The bike would have missed him and at the last second veered right at the officer, right at the officer. It's heartbreaking to me. It's heartbreaking in my department."
Read More →The Sheriff’s Office says Deputy Kenneth Doby is in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Read More →Deputy Nick Tullier spotted the gunman's car, a rented Chevy Malibu with Missouri tags, and was running the plates when the gunman opened fire on him with a rifle.
Read More →Susan Hutson ousted long-time sheriff, Marlin Gusman for the job, winning the run-off election back in December. Prior to being sheriff, Hutson served as the independent police monitor in New Orleans for more than a decade.
Read More →A spokesperson for the Baton Rouge Fire Department said the child’s mother went to a fire station on Tuesday, March 15, and had to be taken to the hospital.
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