New Orleans police

The New Orleans City Council pushed back Thursday (Aug. 7) against a New Orleans Police Department regulation that would have raised costs for second-line clubs over their use of trolleys in parades.

The enforcement crackdown comes shortly before the upcoming 2025-2026 second-line season. A City Council hearing on the issue is set for Thursday (Aug. 7).

The ordinance would provide sex workers immunity from arrest when seeking help from local law enforcement officers. But State Police troopers in the city don’t have to follow it.

More security measures will be in place along the lakefront in New Orleans as families celebrate Easter on Sunday, authorities said.

It’s a big difference from past Super Bowls in New Orleans, but fans say they appreciate it.

In the weeks since the attack, city officials have pushed back on the idea it was preventable.

After more than a decade under federal oversight, the New Orleans Police Department will finally have a chance to prove that it can police itself, a judge ruled Tuesday.

The New Orleans Police Department has hired former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton to review the city’s security plans and harden it against future attacks after last week’s deadly rampage on Bourbon Street.

For Ford, the declining clearance rate, along with other numbers she has crunched, are indicators that the department’s sex crimes unit remains severely understaffed and underresourced.

A proposal to wind down the New Orleans Police Department’s longstanding federal consent decree is drawing pushback from critics who say the department needs ongoing oversight.