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More Home   »   Mayor's Office    »    News    »    February 2021    »    New Orleans Health Department Partners with NOPD to Officially Add Question of Firearm Possession to Mayor's Office February 19, 2021 New Orleans Health Department Partners with NOPD to Officially Add Question of Firearm Possession to Domestic Violence Police Reports NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Health Department’s Domestic Violence Program today announced its partnership with the New Orleans Police Department to add a fifth risk question on the Department’s electronic police...

Jan 12, 2021 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans city council member took the oath of office as the city’s new district attorney Monday, facing a pandemic-related backlog of cases and high expectations from criminal justice reform advocates who rallied around him — despite his indictment on federal tax charges. Jason Williams vowed in his inaugural speech to hold those guilty of serious crimes accountable. But he repeatedly stressed the need — in a city with a high incarceration rate and a high percentage of Black prisoners — to stop seeking jail time for people whose crimes are relate...

For New Orleans' new prosecutor, high hopes, a legal cloud by Kevin McGill, The Associated Press Posted Jan 11, 2021 10:17 am EDT Last Updated Jan 11, 2021 at 10:28 am EDT FILE - In this Wednesday, July 22, 2020 file photo, New Orleans City Councilperson Jason Williams arrives at the Clerk of Criminal District Courts to qualify for the Orleans Parish DA race in New Orleans, La. Jason Williams takes the oath of office as the city’s new district attorney on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 facing budget challenges, a pandemic-related backlog of cases and high expectations from criminal justice reform ad...

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New Orleans to Reform Police Use of Facial Recognition Tech The city has banned police from using facial recognition software and several other types of surveillance technology, requiring officers to issue summonses for a wide range of minor offenses rather than make arrests. by Jeff Adelson, The Times-Picayune / December 21, 2020 Shutterstock/varuna (TNS) — The New Orleans City Council has banned police from using facial recognition software and several other types of surveillance technology, and required officers to issue munic...