NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — New Orleans city leaders say they’ve made major progress in clearing a long-standing backlog of sexual assault kits, thanks to millions in funding and strong collaboration across agencies. “When I first visited the state crime lab, I saw sexual assault kits just lined up on shelves,…
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — On This Week in Louisiana Politics, Gov. Jeff Landry signs an executive order for jail safety, the Department of Justice closes an investigation into the state police, a report analyzes the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the latest on a new state…
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A letter addressed to New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick from the New Orleans Inspector General, is reporting the NOPD's alleged failure to report accurate crime statistics in accordance with state law. The letter states that the inaccuracy has cost the city and its nonprofit…