New Orleans City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Oliver Thomas recently told me it’s his preference, if he wins, to elect the next police commissioner rather than appoint them. Thursday, I spoke ...

to HSI to LSP back to NOPD, are operating in somewhat of a siloed fashion – and we would have expected to see an e.g. 2-3x per week standup between the agencies and the Chief, where they are ...

Kirkpatrick took office in November 2023 amid speculation that Cantrell denied NOPD’s then-interim chief Michelle Woodfork the permanent job because Woodfork upheld misconduct allegations ...

“NOPD, this chief, this superintendent, works for the City of New Orleans,” she said. “That means the community needs to give direction on what the community wants. We will implement the ...

and that’s how the superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department is chosen. City Councilman Oliver Thomas believes the public should have a hand in electing the city’s next police chief.