The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review of the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) early warning (EW) program. The purpose of this review was to determine if the EW program was implemented according to experts’ recommendations and to measure the program’s effectiveness. The NOPD was redesigning its EW at the time of this review; the OIG offers the observations and suggestions contained in this review as a baseline from which to document future progress.