News Articles for "New Orleans Police"
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Missing Louisiana teacher's car found; body inside
Authorities pulled a missing teacher's car from a New Orleans bayou Saturday and police said there was a decomposed body inside. Authorities couldn't imme...
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Judge OKs New Orleans jail reform pact
Citing a history of inmate deaths, sexual assaults, beatings, stabbings and poor medical care at the New Orleans jail, a federal judge on Thursday approve...
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Search Results for "New Orleans Police"
| New Orleans Police Department | |
| Abbreviation | NOPD |
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| Agency overview | |
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| 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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| 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 | 1,406 |
| Agency executive | Ronal W. Serpas, Ph.D., Superintendent of Police |
| Bureaus | 4 |
| Facilities | |
| Districts | 8 |
| Central Lockups | 1 |
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| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
