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Patrol

New Orleans PD Response Time Now Averages 2-and-a-Half Hours

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.

July 28, 2022

Command

New Orleans Officers Leaving in Droves, Slam Agency in Exit Interviews

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.

July 25, 2022

Technology

New Orleans Council Approves Police Use of Facial Recognition

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.

July 22, 2022

Patrol

Louisiana Officer Dies After Heat-Related Medical Event

Officer Brian Olliff died Saturday after suffering a heat-related medical event. He was working in the downtown district at the time.

July 19, 2022

Patrol

Sheriff Says Seriously Injured LA Deputy Was Intentionally Struck by ATV

“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."

June 1, 2022

Patrol

Louisiana Deputy Shot by 13-Year-Old Boy, Sheriff Says

The Sheriff’s Office says Deputy Kenneth Doby is in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

May 26, 2022

Patrol

Louisiana Deputy Dies from Wounds Suffered in 2016 Baton Rouge Ambush

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.

May 5, 2022

Command

Louisiana's First Black Female Sheriff Sworn Into Office

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.

May 4, 2022

Patrol

Louisiana Officers Find Missing Baby in a Field

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.

March 18, 2022

Patrol

Much of Louisiana Officer's Ear Bitten Off Breaking Up Fight Between Women

The incident happened after Houma Police Department (HPD) officers responded to reports of a disturbance at a bar. Once there, officers found several women fighting in the parking lot.

November 16, 2021

Patrol

Louisiana Man Reportedly Waved Down Officer and Slapped Him

The officer wrote in his report that the suspect approached his driver-side window, said, “What’s up, man,” and then slapped the officer in the face.

October 27, 2021

Patrol

LA Trooper was Killed 15 Hours Before He Was Found

During a press conference Monday afternoon, State Police Col. Lamar Davis released more information about the alleged ambush of Master Trooper Adam Gaubert, which added to the mayhem and tragedy of a massive multi-parish manhunt for Matthew Mire, the suspect in that shooting and several others.

October 12, 2021