New Orleans Police are investigating an attempted rape. It happened in Mid-City near Baudin and South Clark streets. Officers got the call just before midnight on Friday. Documents show a woman ...

New Orleans police are investigating a homicide that happened near General DeGaulle Drive and Westbend Parkway. Detectives said the call came in shortly after 6:30 on Friday evening. When officers ...

“And then when you break down that number, 41% were crimes against people and 49% were against property,” NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said. From Feb. 21 to March 4, the department ...

The NOPD initially reported the incident as a shooting but informed the media just before 9 p.m. that it was now being investigated as a homicide. No other information was available.

Sirgo Plaza is a memorial dedicated to the NOPD’s fallen officers. Among those honored is Captain Thomas Albert, Sr. His son, Thomas Albert, Jr., visited the memorial a couple of weeks ago while ...

Ginsberg cited long-standing abuses in the NOPD’s payroll and off-duty detail system in calling for a harsher sentence. "Even after costly efforts to remediate the program, Morrell located its ...

(WVUE) - A federal judge sentenced former NOPD Sgt. Todd Morrell to five years probation plus restitution and community service on Tuesday (2/25) for six counts of wire fraud. Judge Jay Zainey ...

Schmidt said the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officers were removed in the amended complaint after he reviewed two NOPD internal investigations into their actions. “Big flag there ...

They included some prominent New Orleanians, including U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, former NOPD chiefs Eddie Compass and Warren Riley; current Clerk of Criminal Court Darren Lombard; New Orleans Police ...

NEW ORLEANS — A former NOPD sergeant, best known as the beloved "dancing cop," has passed away after battling ALS, according to NOLA.com. Leroy-Joseph "L.J." Compascio Smith passed away on Feb ...

The NOPD aid out its plans to keep things safe ... "We're going to have approximately 100 officers who will be in plain clothes," Kirkpatrick said. "You will not know that they're there ...