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NOPD Captain Indicted In Security Kickback Scheme

New Orleans PD Capt. Michael Rousel and a security consultant have been indicted for their roles in a kickback scheme to provide armed security to companies after a hurricane, the Department of Justice announced.

June 22, 2010

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Five New Orleans Officers Indicted In Katrina Shooting

The case involves the death of Henry Glover, 31, whose body was found in a burned, abandoned car. Former officer David Warren, who was arrested Friday, is charged with shooting Glover.

June 12, 2010

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Fifth New Orleans Officer Pleads Guilty In Danzinger Bridge Case

Former New Orleans PD Officer Ignatius Hills has admitted his role in conspiring with fellow officers to obstruct justice by covering up a police-involved shooting that occurred on the Danziger Bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina.

June 3, 2010

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DOJ Begins Probe of New Orleans PD

The DOJ probe will evaluate allegations of excessive force by NOPD officers, as well as unconstitutional searches and seizures, racial profiling, failures to provide adequate police services to particular neighborhoods, and related misconduct.

May 18, 2010

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New Orleans Picks Nashville Chief to Fix Troubled Department

The 49-year-old Serpas, a former second-in-command at the department, has been the chief in Nashville since 2004.

May 5, 2010

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Six Candidates Vie for New Orleans' Top Cop Job

Two of the six candidates to head up the New Orleans Police Department have ties to the department, while the remaining four are chiefs running departments in St. Paul, Minn., Norfolk, Va., and other areas.

April 27, 2010

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Third New Orleans Officer Admits Role In Katrina Coverup

Michael Hunter was charged for conspiring to cover up the shootings of six people on the Danzinger Bridge during the disaster. He entered a guilty plea today.

April 6, 2010

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Louisiana Deputy Succumbs To Wounds From Shooting

Deputy Cpl. J.R. Searcy has died as a result of the gunshot wound to the head he sustained during a Thursday gunfight, the Ouachita Parish (La.) Sheriff's Office has announced.

March 6, 2010

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Louisiana Deputy on Life-Support After Shooting

J.R. Searcy was shot twice, after he asked Michael Tanner, 26, to place his hands behind his head. A second deputy shot Tanner from 15 feet away. Searcy had drawn his TASER.

March 4, 2010

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FBI Opens Two Investigations Into Conduct of New Orleans Police After Katrina

The FBI announced Thursday morning that it has opened two new civil rights investigations into the post-Katrina actions of New Orleans police officers, adding to a growing list of inquiries.

March 3, 2010

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Former NOPD Supervisor Admits Katrina Shooting Cover Up

Admitting a cover-up of shocking breadth, a former New Orleans police supervisor pleaded guilty to a federal obstruction charge on Wednesday, confessing that he participated in a conspiracy to justify the shooting of six unarmed people after Hurricane Katrina that was hatched not long after police stopped firing their weapons.

February 24, 2010

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Criminal Gangs and the Perfect Storm

If you live in one of the cities that accepted Katrina refugees, you know what followed. While most Katrina survivors were appreciative of their host communities and generally law abiding, the criminal element, mostly gangs, soon returned to their thug lifestyles.

February 2, 2010