By: Cassie Schirm | wdsu.com | July 9, 2025 NEW ORLEANS — Just walking into the French Quarter, you are being watched. It’s not just by tourists or business owners, but by facial recognition cameras scanning faces in real time. New Orleans is the first city in the country to deploy facial recognition alerts across…
By: Jillian Kramer | nola.com | July 26, 2025 An Orleans Parish Criminal District Court judge quietly stepped away from the bench last month, prompting the Louisiana Supreme Court to install a temporary replacement. Retired Judge Calvin Johnson began presiding over Judge Darryl Derbigny’s courtroom on May 27, according to the court order appointing Johnson as a pro…
By: Chris Welty | fox8live.com | June 25, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Louisiana State Police say Troop NOLA is making a measurable impact in its first year and could expand its presence in the city when a new class of cadets graduates in December. Troop NOLA launched in March 2024 with a mission to…
By Stephen Stock, Dannah Sauer and Jon Turnipseed | fox8live.com | May 27, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The ongoing search for two remaining Orleans Parish jail escapees is costing New Orleans hundreds of thousands of dollars each week and draining law enforcement resources from other duties, Fox 8 has learned. A top city official tells Fox 8 that…
By: Alyse Pfeil and Sophie Kasakove | nola.com | May 25, 2025 Less than a year after Louisiana agreed to let people conceal their weapons without a permit, state lawmakers are weighing whether to allow permitless concealed guns near schools and on parade routes, sparking fresh criticism in New Orleans. Senate Bill 101, by state Sen.…
By: Jasmine Franklin | wdsu.com | May 19, 2025 NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry issued multiple executive orders after 10 inmates escaped the Orleans Parish Jail early Friday morning. In a news conference Sunday, Landry ordered an audit of the Orleans Correctional Facility by the Department of Corrections. The audit would remove all…
By: Ken Daley and Rob Masson | fox8live.com | April 16, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Longtime New Orleans criminal court Judge Darryl Derbigny costs city taxpayers millions in jailing and police overtime costs because of the glacial pace with which cases progress through his courtroom, according to a new watchdog report on judicial efficiency. Derbigny…
By: Ken Daley | fox8live.com | April 14, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The city’s Civil Service Commission found Monday (April 14) that Mayor LaToya Cantrell improperly infringed on the promotion of high-ranking New Orleans Police Department officers last year in a specific effort to benefit Lt. Sabrina Richardson. The commission noted Cantrell’s refusal to…
By: Thanh Truong | fox8live.com | March 5, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The heightened police presence in New Orleans during Mardi Gras helped deliver one of the safest Carnival seasons in recent history, according to law enforcement officials and public safety advocates. Following the deadly New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street, the U.S.…
By: Chris Joseph | fox8live.com | February 24, 2025 (WVUE) – A federal judge sentenced former NOPD Sgt. Todd Morrell to five years probation plus restitution and community service on Tuesday (2/25) for six counts of wire fraud. Judge Jay Zainey ordered Morrell to pay a $5 thousand fine, avoid taking on additional debt without…