Mardi Gras Indian tribes, New Orleans police establish peace pact
This year’s Mardi Gras season should pass with less tension between Mardi Gras Indians and the New Orleans Police Department, thanks to a City Hall meeting on Monday that addressed issues that had divided them for years.
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Mardi Gras Indian tribes, New Orleans police establish peace pact
Mardi Gras Indian tribes, New Orleans police establish peace pact
This year’s Mardi Gras season should pass with less tension between Mardi Gras Indians and the New Orleans Police Department, thanks to a City Hall meeting on Monday that addressed issues that had divided them for years.
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Mardi Gras Indian tribes, New Orleans police establish peace pact
New Orleans police reform by decree: An editorial
The level of corruption and dysfunction in the New Orleans Police Department in recent years has been well documented.
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New Orleans police reform by decree: An editorial
Southern part of swamp fire in eastern New Orleans extingished, Fire Department says
The New Orleans Fire Department announced today that it has extinguished a fire that consumed 4.27 square miles of swampy land on the southern edge of the mostly undeveloped, 2,000-acre Pine Island property owned by developer John Cummings.
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Southern part of swamp fire in eastern New Orleans extingished, Fire Department says
New Orleans police reverse policy of releasing victim arrest records amid mounting criticism
Amid mounting public criticism, the New Orleans Police Department on Wednesday announced it was reversing its year-old policy of releasing the arrest histories of murder victims.
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New Orleans police reverse policy of releasing victim arrest records amid mounting criticism
Another dead in New Orleans: 7th murder victim in four days
The New Orleans Police Department is reporting a homicide in the 4100 block of South Washington Avenue.
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Another dead in New Orleans: 7th murder victim in four days
Police searching for suspect in sexual battery against LSU fan
The New Orleans Police Department is now searching for the suspect in what they are calling a sexual battery that occurred against an LSU fan after the BCS Championship game.
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Police searching for suspect in sexual battery against LSU fan
New Orleans Police search for Alabama fan wanted for sexual battery
The New Orleans Police Department's Special Victims Unit is searching for the Alabama fan seen sexually assaulting an LSU fan in a viral video.
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New Orleans Police search for Alabama fan wanted for sexual battery
Police arrest Warren Easton shooting suspect
The New Orleans Police Department is now reporting that 18-year-old Shawn Ballard, who is suspected of shooting five people outside Warren Easton High School after a basketball game last Friday , turned himself in yesterday.
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Police arrest Warren Easton shooting suspect
New Orleans overnight crime report for Thursday, January 5, 2012
This report comes directly from the New Orleans Police Department ‘s Major Offense Log for 6 a.m. Wednesday through 6 a.m. Thursday.
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New Orleans overnight crime report for Thursday, January 5, 2012

