New Orleans police force
| New Orleans Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | NOPD |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1796 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of New Orleans in the state of Louisiana, United States |
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| Map of New Orleans Police Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 350.2 square miles (907 km2) |
| Population | 365,000 (est.) |
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| Headquarters | 715 S. Broad Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119 |
| Officers | 1,271 (2012) |
| Agency executive | Michael S. Harrison, Superintendent of Police |
| Bureaus | 5 |
| Facilities | |
| Districts | 8 |
| Central Lockups | 1 |
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| NOPD site | |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has primary responsibility for law enforcement in New Orleans, Louisiana. The department's jurisdiction covers all of Orleans Parish, while the city is divided into eight police districts.
Michael S. Harrison is the Superintendent of Police and chief commander of the NOPD.
The NOPD is divided into five bureaus, each commanded by a deputy superintendent who reports to the superintendent of police:
In the absence of the superintendent, the Deputy Superintendent of Field Operations will command the department.
The NOPD is divided into eight police districts, each of which is commanded by a Police Commander:
There are several units within each district, including Uniform Patrol, District Investigative Unit-Property Crimes, District Investigative Unit-Person Crimes, Task Force and Quality of Life Unit.
In 2001, Superintendent Serpas retired from the New Orleans Police Department after 21 years of service. Before retiring, Superintendent Serpas attained the civil service rank of major and the appointed position of assistant superintendent of the NOPD. Chief Serpas was preceded by Warren J. Riley, who retired with the change of the mayoral administration on May 2, 2010. Riley had been preceded by Eddie Compass and Richard Pennington.
During a press conference on Friday, June 25, 2010, Superintendent Serpas announced several reforms to the New Orleans Police Department. Superintendent Serpas reduced the number of deputy superintendents from six to four, and decided that only two of those positions would be held by commissioned officers. Serpas announced that Marlon Defillo, current Assistant Superintendent of the Bureau of Investigations, would take on a new role as the Deputy Chief of the Operations Bureau. Current Deputy Chief Kirk Bouyelas would also take on a new role as Deputy Chief of the Investigative Services Bureau. The two civilian deputy chiefs were to be Ms. Arlinda Westbrook, Deputy Chief (Civilian) in charge of the Public Integrity Bureau, and Ms. Stephanie Landry, Deputy Chief (Civilian) in charge of the Management Services Bureau. Serpas also reduced the rank of eleven appointed Majors to their proper civil service rank of Captain. Also in the slew of changes, Serpas reassigned 25 of the current 37 Captains within the department. Superintendent Serpas announced on June 23, 2010, that the majority of his highest-ranking commissioned officers - for example, majors and deputy chiefs - would be summarily demoted effective June 27 to captain, the latter rank thereby returning as the de facto rank of district station commander. As a courtesy, many personnel continue to address district commanders with the honorific "Major." As of July 2010, only two officers - Treadaway and Burkart - retain the rank of major, both of whom were appointed to the position by civil service.
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