Multiple internal investigations by the New Orleans Police Department found that the lethal shooting of the 16-week-old, 22-pound (10-kilogram) rescue dog Apollo violated department policies and ...

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy while responding to a call went on trial Monday as part of a federal civil lawsuit filed by the dog’s owners.

The New Orleans Police Department said officers detained four people at a home, including Emmitt Weber, 28, who was arrested on suspicion of accessory after the fact of simple escape.

The New Orleans Police Department secretly used AI for live, real-time facial recognition and tracking — a move that likely violated a municipal ordinance — according to an exclusive ...

NEW ORLEANS — For two years, New Orleans police secretly relied on facial recognition technology to scan city streets in search of suspects, a surveillance method without a known precedent in ...

A New Orleans Police Department officer injured after he he was dragged by car during an incident in New Orleans, May 2, 2025. WGNO The suspect continued driving on Rousseau Street before ...

Former NYPD chief William Bratton has completed his assessment of New Orleans security after working with the New Orleans Police Department through the Super Bowl and Carnival.

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick, center, chats with U.S. Justice Department deputy monitor David Douglass, left, in Federal Court, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in New Orleans, after ...

A New Orleans police officer leans against a patrol car, Sept. 11, 2005. In 2013, the city of New Orleans agreed to what it called “the nation’s most expansive” federal oversight plan after ...

The New Orleans police chief began her career as a beat cop in Memphis, Tenn., in the early 1980s. She moved to Washington in 1987 to work as a patrol officer and later as a sergeant with the ...

New Orleans police said they did not anticipate that a vehicular attack would thwart their security measures, after the driver of a pickup truck drove around a police car that was parked to block ...

The woman overseeing the New Orleans Police Department’s response to an attack early Wednesday morning that left at least 15 people dead on the city’s renowned Bourbon Street is a well-known ...