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New Orleans Police Department
| New Orleans Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | NOPD |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1796 |
| Employees | 1,457 (2020) |
| Annual budget | $194 million (2020)[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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| Map of New Orleans Police Department's jurisdiction | |
| Size | 350.2 square miles (907 km2) |
| Population | 383,997 (2020 census) |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 1615 Poydras St. |
| Officers | 959 (2023) |
| Agency executive | |
| Bureaus | 5 |
| Facilities | |
| Districts | 8 |
| Central lockups | 1 |
| Website | |
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The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has primary responsibility for law enforcement in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The department's jurisdiction covers all of Orleans Parish, while the city itself is divided into eight police districts.
The NOPD has a long history of civil rights violations, corruption and poor oversight.[2] Since 2012, the NOPD has been in a federal consent decree where it has to implement sweeping reforms to address a wide array of structural problems identified by the U.S. Department of Justice in a 2011 report.[3][4]
- ^ Sullivan, Carl; Baranauckas, Carla (June 26, 2020). "Here's how much money goes to police departments in largest cities across the U.S." USA Today. Archived from the original on July 14, 2020.
- ^ Times-Picayune, Brendan McCarthy, The (July 25, 2012). "Sweeping NOPD reform strategy outlined in federal consent decree". NOLA.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Sledge, Matt (March 23, 2021). "Has the NOPD cleaned up its act? Police force could get seal of approval by July, monitors say". NOLA.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ "Investigation of the New Orleans Police Department" (PDF). U.S. Department of Justice. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
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