A state report released this week said some deputies have been getting the extra pay illegally.
Category: Criminal Justice
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics, Investigations
Legislative Auditor questions $1 million in pay bonuses handed out by Gusman
Employees got supplements meant for law enforcement personnel even if their jobs involved little, if any, law enforcement.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Too young to take custody of his son, but old enough to be tried as an adult?
Teens join governor on Capitol steps in fight to pass ‘Raise the Age’ bill.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Repeat offender suspected as shots ring out at a drug market yards from school
Neighborhood bedeviled by Criminal Court’s revolving door.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Investigations
Sheriff giving OK to pay law-enforcement bonus to support, clerical staffers
New documents submitted by Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman provide job descriptions for his entire staff. The Lens checked that against a list of employees he said were entitled to special pay reserved for law-enforcement personnel and found 48 questionable instances. The sheriff said we just don’t understand the law.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Board that oversees 911 call center approves consolidation of dispatchers
The City Council still has to decide the matter, which will end separate dispatch for fire, police and EMS.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Orleans Sheriff now facing class-action suit regarding overtime pay for deputies
But Gusman says under federal exemption for law-enforcement officers, many may not be eligible.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Investigations
Louisiana inmate wins Supreme Court case against mandatory life sentences for juveniles
Henry Montgomery and hundreds of other prisoners may get parole hearings, but that doesn’t mean they’ll go free.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Politically incorrect? You bet! But let’s not mince words about terrorism’s U.S. kin
On closer inspection, radical Islam has more than a little in common with our homegrown brand of right-wing fundamentalism.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Mayor pledges $7 million to expand city’s juvenile-detention center by 2018
Effort is aimed at getting those younger than 18 out of the Orleans Parish Prison.