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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

Marlon Defillo is still coordinating police details for movie sets

As a genial and popular leader in the New Orleans Police Department, Marlon Defillo for many years had a monopoly on one of the most lucrative gigs in local policing, the coordination of off-duty movie details.

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Marlon Defillo is still coordinating police details for movie sets

Marlon Defillo is still coordinating police details for movie sets

As a genial and popular leader in the New Orleans Police Department, Marlon Defillo for many years had a monopoly on one of the most lucrative gigs in local policing, the coordination of off-duty movie details.

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Marlon Defillo is still coordinating police details for movie sets

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

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 announce promotions, reshuffling of top leadership posts

New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas ordered a host of promotions within the agency this weekend, as well as a reshuffling of top leadership posts.

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New Orleans police announce promotions, reshuffling of top leadership posts

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 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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