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Inspector General subpoenas Orleans Parish Sheriff records on payroll, Carnival security

SHERIFF (OPSO)Top StoryMarch 30, 2023

Author: Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 5:29 PM CDT March 30, 2023 Updated: 5:29 PM CDT March 30, 2023 NEW ORLEANS — Amid multiple recent controversies and a management shake-up at the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, another battle is brewing after the city’s Inspector General was forced to issue a subpoena this week for sheriff’s office records that...

Mayor’s use of city apartment worth $40,000, should be given up, Inspector General says

FMC MAYOR Press Top Story Upper Pontalba BuildingMarch 16, 2023

Author: WWL Staff; Published: 5:08 PM CDT March 15, 2023; Updated: 5:43 PM CDT March 15, 2023 In a letter to the mayor and the French Market Corporation, Inspector General Ed Michel stated that there is awaiting list of over 300 for an apartment at the Pontalba and that a market rate rental would be close...

A new report says the mayor should give up a French Quarter apartment

FMC MAYOR Press Top Story Upper Pontalba BuildingMarch 16, 2023

WDSU.com Kourtney Williams, Updated: 11:53 PM CDT Mar 15, 2023 The Office of the Inspector General released a letter after looking into reports of the apartment being used as a residence by Cantrell. “The OIG recommends that the city relinquish the apartment to the French Quarter Market Corporation to rent to the public. This would...

New Orleans should give up mayor’s apartment in Upper Pontalba Building, IG says

FMC MAYOR Press Top Story Upper Pontalba BuildingMarch 16, 2023

BY MATT SLEDGE | STAFF WRITER; MAR 15, 2023 – 4:15 PM For decades, chief executives of New Orleans have kept a foothold in the French Quarter in the form of a special “mayor’s apartment” in the Upper Pontalba Building. But after the revelation last year that Mayor LaToya Cantrell was repeatedly spending hours of her day...

Office of Inspector General urges New Orleans S&WB to fix billing issues before considering rate hike

BILLING DISPUTE COLLECTIONS Press SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD Top StoryMarch 1, 2023

wdsu.com Cassie Schirm The Office of Inspector General has issued an opinion on the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board’s consideration of a rate hike to deal with its ongoing millions of dollars of delinquent funding issues. According to the report, SWBNO has experienced multiple well-publicized issues regarding customer billing, resulting in numerous customer complaints...

Nonprofit founded by Mayor LaToya Cantrell to return $1 million to New Orleans

FORWARD TOGETHER NEW ORLEANS FUND MAYOR Press Top StoryFebruary 15, 2023

BY DAVID HAMMER | WWL-TV FEB 14, 2023 – 7:00 PM Forward Together New Orleans, the nonprofit formed by Mayor LaToya Cantrell to pay for some of her signature social welfare programs, has returned more than $1 million in public money as it faces an Inspector General investigation and winds down its operations. Continue Reading

Inspector General urges LaToya Cantrell not to rush New Orleans police chief selection

Announcement MAYOR NOPD Top StoryJanuary 27, 2023

IG joins City Council members, two influential civic groups in calling for national search- New Orleans Inspector General Edward Michel urged Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Friday to conduct a national search for Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson’s successor. In a letter to the mayor, Michel advised appointing an interim superintendent to take the reins when Ferguson...

Inspector General launches investigation into Cantrell’s use of city-owned apartment

Investigation Top StoryNovember 14, 2022

A series of FOX 8 investigations found Mayor Cantrell spending hundreds of hours in the apartment, often for hours at a time during the workday. Continue Reading

New Orleans Office of Inspector General issues report on Former JJIC director

Investigation JJIC Top StoryNovember 2, 2022

The OIG accused Webster in its recent report published Tuesday morning of neglecting his duty at the Juvenile Justice Center by being absent from work and neglecting his responsibilities. They also accuse Webster of abusing his office by transporting his dog in city-owned vehicles and housing his pet at the JJIC facility. “Dr. Kyshun Webster...

Scathing report from OIG’s office echoes WWL-TV investigation into ex-director of juvenile jail

Investigation JJIC Top StoryNovember 1, 2022

The three-and-a-half year tenure of Kyshun Webster as director of New Orleans juvenile lockup was plagued by spotty attendance, questionable spending and an attempt to get the facility to take his ailing pet dog and pay hefty veterinary expenses, according to an investigative report released Tuesday by the city’s Office of Inspector General. Continue Reading

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