“Progress by Orleans Parish Criminal District Court judges leaves room for improvement: An editorial” December 26, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Orleans criminal court judges ‘more productive,’ report says” December 21, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Gun buy back program comes to West Jefferson Saturday” December 17, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“An agenda for New Orleans next mayor: An editorial” December 13, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Greater New Orleans Foundation awards $1 million in grants” December 10, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Jefferson Parish Council agrees to investigate CAO Tim Whitmer” December 9, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“New Orleans Police Department performance satisfies only a third of residents surveyed” December 7, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“New Orleans police chief’s disciplinary decisions involving cops criticized as haphazard” December 6, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“New Orleans police payroll abuse gets mild response from department” November 24, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Jefferson Parish chief administrator Tim Whitmer to retire amid federal probe” November 19, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Crime Commission calls for independent probe of Jefferson Parish insurance business” November 18, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“St. Tammany corruption investigations continue, president of Metropolitan Crime Commission says” November 17, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Insurance agency under fire in hospital deal also handling Kenner city business” November 15, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Greg Meffert, wife, City Hall vendor to be arraigned on 63 counts Thursday in bribery scheme” November 6, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“In Jefferson Parish, a tolerance for sleaze: James Gill” November 6, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“New Orleans makes progress against violent crime: An editorial” November 3, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Jefferson Parish CAO, former president got cut in on insurance deal” November 1, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Two years later, no arrests made in man’s killing” October 20, 2009; Houma Courier

“Police Superintendent Warren Riley issues dress code for federal grand jury appearances” October 17, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“New Orleans Police Face Swarm of Inquiries” October 4, 2009; The New York Times

“Contracts in Jefferson and St. John parishes warrant review: an editorial” October 5, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Bill Hubbard won Jefferson Parish contract while backing St. John’s hiring of company owned by Jefferson CAO Tim Whitmer” October 4, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Editorial: New Orleans Police should explain why warrant on officer’s wife was not recalled” September 16, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Jarvis DeBerry: How not to get arrested by New Orleans police” September 15, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“NOPD cop who stole watch had been cited for two other crimes during time on force” September 11, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Criminal courts gaining in efficiency, volunteer group finds” September 1, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Crime camera credited with useful image is a private one” August 27, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Indicted Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price presses to hire new police chief” August 23, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“State audit: Woes still plague East Jefferson firefighters charity fund” August 18, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Jefferson Parish Council signs off on firefighters charity fund” August 12, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Phony $120K purchase order alleged in Mayor Ray Nagin’s firing of former New Orleans tech chief” July 22, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Audit: NOPD didn’t tell state about missing cash” July 13, 2009; WWL-TV

“Packing jail puts St. Tammany Parish residents at risk” July 6, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Jefferson Parish to discipline employees for gaffes in firefighter charity fund” July 2, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“City Hall pays private eye with criminal history, no license more than half million” July 2, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Audit: Sorrento Police tickets missing” June 25, 2009; Weekly Citizen

“Jefferson Parish Council postpones plans for firefighters’ charitable fund” June 24, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Firefighters charity to get official status, public accounting” June 23, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Friends risked land to help most dangerous wanted man in New Orleans post bond” June 22, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“State audit criticizes Slidell-area fire department’s handling of cash from sale of ‘Katrina bells’” June 16, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Police chief calls New Orleans top murder rank misleading” June 3, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“New Orleans once again nation’s murder capital” June 2, 2009; WDSU

“FBI looks at cases involving New Orleans Police Department officers” June 2, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Riley clashes with Cannizzaro and Midura at meeting to discuss effort to shorten jail stints for minor drug offenders” May 22, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Mayor Nagin gets caught up in vacation controversy” May 13, 2009; Associated Press

“Nagin says trip from company a ‘Blur’” May 7, 2009; United Press International

“Concentrate on violence” May 6, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Metropolitan Crime Commission report again criticizes NOPD for too many petty arrests” May 5, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“NOPD admits misreporting rapes after TP report” May 1, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Feds feared St. Bernard judge under investigation might hurt himself” April 27, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Crime Commission looked at Judge Wayne Cresap a year before his arrest” April 25, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Money for firefighter charity stashed in private account” April 23, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“New FBI chief in New Orleans has low-key approach to fighting crime” April 18, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“New Orleans looks at ankle bracelet program in Charlotte, N.C.” April 16, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Editorial: Mary Landrieu shouldn’t let politics get in the way of keeping Letten on the job” April 16, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Honorary law enforcement credentials can be invitation to abuse” March 29, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Most corrupt state: Louisiana ranked higher than Illinois” March 27, 2009; The Chicago Tribune

“Lights out for Officer Wannabe” March 22, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Nagin administration cites ‘unlawful’ activity in suspending former technology chief” March 20, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“A lesson for screeners” March 7, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Guard to pull out of New Orleans after 3 1/2 years” February 27, 2009; USA Today

“Mandeville DWI policy report suggests giving officers less discretion” January 28, 2009; The Times-Picayune

“Homicides down in some large US cities” January 3, 2009; The Associated Press