New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas has decided to replace his top contractor for communications and chief spokesman, Bob Young.
Search results
Posted inCriminal Justice
City Council may downgrade pot possession, other charges
The City Council is set to ease the punishment for some misdemeanors in an effort to unclog the city’s jails and courts.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Council not likely to produce budget for one last look
The New Orleans City Council has failed to accommodate a request by an open governance group to turn the city’s budget over a few days early so the public can scrutinize last-minute changes.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Sheriff convinces jail group to back off of demolitions
Despite an apparent agreement last week to drastically reduce the size of the city’s jail complex, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman on Monday bristled at any decision now that he be required to demolish jail cells in the future.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics, Investigations
Despite greater detail, Sheriff's budget continues to be opaque and mysterious
No public agency’s budget is a bigger source of intrigue in New Orleans than Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Gusman to get 1,438 beds in exchange for major closures; community input Monday
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman is close to getting his desperately sought-after city approval to build a new jail facility – but it comes with a major catch.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Groups studying jail size may continue work past deadline
Despite having a Monday deadline, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Criminal Justice Working Group may well extend its efforts, Chief Administrative Officer Andy Kopplin said today at the first of the two final scheduled meetings.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Council asked to give public a chance to review budget
The final day of more than three weeks of budget hearings ended today with a final request: that the council pass on the extra time they had to review the budget on to the public.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
“Unacceptably large” number of hotels skip taxes, IG says
Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux is about to release a hotel tax audit covering 26 hotels for 2009.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Crowd unleashed frustrations, suspicions about new jail
Amid a tempestuous atmosphere, residents at a public hearing raised serveral concerns about a proposed new jail facility for Sheriff Marlin Gusman.
