Category: Criminal Justice
Panel to tout, encourage whistleblowers
Broken records: Sheriff not complying with open-records requests for documents

Sheriff's wife earns thousands through no-bid deal handed out by judge
A personal friendship led Municipal Court’s chief judge to give Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s wife a no-bid deal worth more than $28,000 over the past 10 months for part-time work.

To fight violent crime, New Orleans may need to get the lead out
Sheriff's deputy indicted after inmate says officer forced him to perform oral sex in jail

NOPD ends controversial practice of releasing criminal records of homicide victims
Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas announced today he will no longer release the arrest records of homicide victims, reversing a controversial and unevenly applied practice.