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
By Lily Cummings, WWL Louisiana A follow-up report released Thursday by the New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) reveals that while the city has tightened some aspects of its Traffic Camera Safety Program (TCSP), significant systemic failures remain—most notably a massive backlog of overpayments and a citation review process that may be moving too fast...
By Cassie Schirm, WDSU News A new report from the New Orleans office of inspector general is raising renewed concerns about the city’s traffic camera program, finding that while some improvements were made after earlier warnings, key fixes were not sustained, allowing more than $770,000 in new overpayments to accumulate. The report is a follow-up to...
By Cassie Schirm, WDSU News A monthslong investigation by the New Orleans Office of Inspector General has found no evidence that any NOPD officers cheated or received preferential treatment during the department’s 2024 promotional exams for captains and majors. The OIG’s findings clear all 14 officers who were named in a series of anonymous complaints that...
By Rob Masson NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Former New Orleans Police Officer pleaded guilty Tuesday (Nov. 26) in federal court to six charges of wire fraud. The plea comes weeks before Morrell was set to stand trial on 12 counts tied to payroll fraud, which federal prosecutors say occurred between 2017-21. Continue Reading
nola.com BY JOHN SIMERMAN | Staff Writer Former New Orleans police bomb squad leader Todd Morrell pleaded guilty Tuesday to six counts of wire fraud stemming from a federal indictment that accused him of double dipping or not showing up to work for the police department or his off-duty detail with the Fair Grounds Patrol. Morrell, who retired...
By Lee Zurik, Dannah Sauer and Ashlyn Brothers Published: Sep. 20, 2024 at 4:50 PM CDT NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A federal grand jury has indicted Leessa Augustine, a former Sewerage and Water Board employee and reserve officer with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), for multiple charges, including fraud and identity theft. The indictment accuses Augustine of “double-dipping,” wrongfully...
wdsu.com Updated: 8:58 AM CDT Aug 18, 2023 Cassie Schirm, Investigative Reporter The City of New Orleans is being fined by the Municipal Police Employee Retirement System (MPERS) for $38 million over the next 15 years due to a drastic drop in New Orleans Police Department officers. State law requires that if a department...
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