Blog Share NOPD Officer Resigns Following Offensive Comments

Mar 28, 2012 } in Local Issues, National Issues, NOPD by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

A New Orleans police officer, Jason Giroir, resigned Tuesday after being suspended for a comment he posted on a local TV station website about the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Jason Giroir used his full name […]

Blog Share With Murder Soaring, NOLA Seeks to Enforce Youth Curfew

Feb 6, 2012 } in Courts, Local Issues, NOPD by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

199 people were killed in New Orleans last year – 10 times the national average and a 14% increase over 2010. This January, the murder rate continued to skyrocket, with 25 killed, putting New Orleans […]

Blog Share NOPD Reverses Controversial Practice

Feb 3, 2012 } in Courts, Local Issues, NOPD by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

Earlier this week, we reported on the murder of good Samaritan Harry “Mike” Ainsworth, who was shot to death while attempting to stop a carjacking. In accordance with a year-long policy of releasing the criminal […]

Blog Share Is NOPD’s Practice of Revealing Slain Victims’ Rap Sheets Racist?

Jan 30, 2012 } in Courts, Local Issues, NOPD by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

Harry “Mike” Ainsworth was walking his two sons to the bus stop when he heard a woman scream. He ran to the scene to discover she was being carjacked – and intervened. The woman escaped […]

Blog Share NOPD Officer Arrested and Booked on 216 Counts

Aug 18, 2011 } in Local Issues, NOPD by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

NOPD is slated to hold a press conference today at 3pm CST to reveal the identity of a police officer who was recently arrested and will be booked on 215 counts of injuring public records […]

Blog Share NOPD Receives Scathing Review from Justice Department

Mar 21, 2011 } in Local Issues, NOPD by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

When Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Police Chief Ronal Serpas took office, they welcomed outside review of their purviews, but they may have underestimated the incompetence that would be unearthed. Even more so than the review […]

Blog Share NOPD Announces 180 Arrests For NYE/Sugar Bowl

Jan 4, 2011 } in Local Issues, NOPD, Sports by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

NOPD Superintendent, Ronal Serpas, recently released figures for NOPD arrests for the period including New Year’s Eve and Sugar Bowl preparations (Thursday December 30, 2010 to Saturday January 1, 2011). Total Arrests in the Downtown […]

Blog Share NOPD Superintedent Serpas Outlines Plan to Restructure the Department

Aug 23, 2010 } in Local Issues, NOPD by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas outlined a 65-point plan to restructure and reform the practices of his department at a press conference held this morning. Serpas announced that the NOPD has already undertaken various departmental restructuring […]