Daily Archives: June 15, 2022

Sheriff again dodges FOX 8, defends her department to city council

By David Jones | WVUE | June 15, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson again dodged FOX 8′s cameras Wednesday afternoon, declining to speak to the news outlet following her presentation to the city council on the events that transpired at the jail over the weekend. Two inmates…

NOPD chief tells City Council he sees progress on violent crime, but homicide levels stay high

By Matt Sledge | NOLA.com | June 15, 2022 The New Orleans Police Department has moved patrol officers to 12-hour shifts and hopes to lure cops from other agencies to reduce 911 response times and stem violent crime, Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said Wednesday.   Five months after Ferguson faced a grilling during a carjacking surge,…