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Whither electronic police reports?
The NOPD said in 2007 that electronic police reports were just months away from being implemented, yet in the MTV Real World drama that recently unfolded is proof positive that the old-fashioned handwritten police reports are still being used.
Currently, handwritten police reports take hours out of each patrol officers shift. Once handwritten police reports… »
The manipulation of statistics denies victims their right to justice
The next New Orleans police chief should allow for independent audits of crime statistics. That will be a recommendation delivered on behalf of NolaStat at this evening’s New Orleans Police Department Task Force forum hosted by Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu at the Superdome.
Accurate crime statistics aren’t just vital to restore credibility to a police department suffering… »
“To help and defend”
New Orleans citizens didn’t need any confirmation of their fear that rogue behavior was metastasizing throughout the NOPD when the Department of Justice announced investigations into civil rights violations, including a conspiracy to cover up police shootings of unarmed citizens on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina.
The public already feared the… »
