Explaining its previous denials, the department said that it doesn’t employ its own facial recognition software. Instead, it accesses the technology through state and federal partners. An ACLU lawyer said that was a ‘distinction without a difference.’
The police department is facing a cut next year, but it’s relatively modest compared to other departments.
Officials say they aren’t required to use the centralized enrollment system until their new contracts begin.
An August ordinance calls for the defenders to be funded at 85 percent of the DA’s Office. Cantrell ignored it in her budget proposal. One council member floated the idea of cutting the DA’s budget.
Board member Andrea Neighbours also criticized a proposed policy from the Cantrell administration to change employee discipline and grievance policies.
Staff malfeasance and record-keeping issues caused problems for Kennedy's class of 2019.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a new president and Mayor Cantrell’s property tax proposal make it tough to predict how much money the city will have to work with next year.
Metro New Orleans testing and treatment hub reports that its tests are down nearly 90 percent from an average year.
A wrap on Tuesday's local elections. (Those have actually ended.) And the Wisner Trust is back in the news again.
Ten total ‘active’ cases connected to New Orleans public schools, according to the district’s weekly update.
