New Orleans Police Department

New Orleans Police Department
New Orleans Police Department
Abbreviation	NOPD
Agency overview
Formed	1796
Employees	1,457 (2020)
Annual budget	$194 million (2020)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
	Map of New Orleans Police Department's jurisdiction
Size	350.2 square miles (907 km2)
Population	383,997 (2020 census)
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	715 S. Broad Street
Officers	959 (2023)
Agency executive	Anne Kirkpatrick, Superintendent;
Bureaus	5
Facilities
Districts	8
Central lockups	1
Website
	nola.gov/nopd

The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has primary responsibility for law enforcement in New Orleans, Louisiana. The department's jurisdiction covers all of Orleans Parish, while the city 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. 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. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^ "Investigation of the New Orleans Police Department" (PDF). U.S. Department of Justice. 2011.

[1] 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.

[:2-2] Times-Picayune, Brendan McCarthy, The (July 25, 2012). "Sweeping NOPD reform strategy outlined in federal consent decree". NOLA.com. Retrieved June 8, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] 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. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

[:3-4] "Investigation of the New Orleans Police Department" (PDF). U.S. Department of Justice. 2011.

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