Image is a Nola.com file photo. By Missy Wilkinson, Nola.com A veteran New Orleans police officer arrested last month for payroll fraud allegedly claimed thousands of hours reviewing red-light camera footage even when system records showed he was inactive, court documents show. Brandon Coleman, 39, is a senior police officer assigned to traffic in NOPD’s Special Operations Division,...
Image is a screenshot from a Fox 8 broadcast. By Rob Krieger, WVUE FOX 8 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Newly obtained arrest documents detail how investigators say a New Orleans police officer collected more than $111,000 in overtime pay for hours he did not work, including more than 2,000 hours he claimed while reviewing red-light camera tickets. Senior...
Image is a screenshot of a Nola.com file photo. By Missy Wilkinson, Nola.com Six months after the city’s Office of the Inspector General warned that lax overtime management at the New Orleans Police Department created an environment ripe for fraud, the department has cut overtime costs by 45% after implementing new safeguards, the OIG said Thursday....
Photo is a screenshot of video with graphics by Fox 8 WVUE-TV By Rob Krieger, Fox 8 WVUE-TV The New Orleans Office of Inspector General is crediting significant changes inside the Police Department for a 45-percent drop in police overtime spending in the first six months of this year. Inspector General Ed Michel said the savings...
Photo is a screenshot of video by WWL Louisiana. By David Hammer and Danny Monteverde, WWL Louisiana Investigators Detective Chad Cockerham was under criminal investigation for alleged payroll fraud for nearly two years when New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick fired him in March. Continue reading
The Advocate file photo by Sophia Germer By Missy Wilkinson, Nola.com New Orleans EMS is failing to quickly respond to emergencies as chronic understaffing driven by low pay forces the city to lean heavily on private ambulance companies, the Office of the Inspector General said in a new report. In 71% of cases, NOEMS missed national benchmarks as...
Image from WWL Louisiana broadcast By Rae Walberg, WWL Louisiana New Orleans EMS (NOEMS) is falling behind when it comes to responding to critical medical emergencies, but the ambulance service needs more money and staffing to fix the issue, according to a new report from the Office of Inspector General. The findings, released Thursday, revealed that...
Image from Fox 8 broadcast By Jennifer Crockett, Fox 8 WVUE The New Orleans Office of Inspector General is urging city leaders to reconsider increasing pay and staffing for New Orleans Emergency Medical Services after finding response times for some of the most serious medical calls fell short of standards. In a public letter released Thursday,...
Photo by Sophia Germer By Missy Wilkinson, Nola.com A New Orleans contractor accused of faking inspection documents across multiple parishes was rebooked on a slew of charges about a week after New Orleans police issued a “be on the lookout” alert. Jon Andersen, 38, surrendered to authorities and was booked into Orleans Justice Center late Wednesday, jail records...
Image by WWL Louisiana By David Hammer, WWL Louisiana NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police have issued an arrest warrant for a house builder first exposed in our WWL Louisiana Investigation for allegedly falsifying inspection records, accusing him of 14 criminal counts tied to that case. Jon Andersen, whose state contractor’s license was revoked last summer, is now...
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