The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a public letter to Mayor Landrieu expressing support for the purchase of body cameras for the New Orleans Police Department.
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The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a performance audit of the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) process for the period June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2013. The objective of the audit was to determine whether Part I robbery offenses were properly classified and reported to the UCR program.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited New Orleans Police Department payroll from December 30, 2012 through April 6, 2013. Auditors tested the operating effectiveness of payroll, overtime, and paid detail processes specifically related to daily working limits and controls unique to the NOPD. During the period tested, 1,200 NOPD officers generated a quarterly payroll in excess of $23 million and an annual budget in excess of $127 million.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an evaluation of the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) force structure, focusing on the department’s staffing and deployment to answer citizen-generated calls for service. The objectives of the evaluation were to describe and assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization of personnel to carry out the department’s mission “to provide professional police services to the public.”
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) wrote members of the Orleans delegation to the Louisiana State Legislature to express his opposition to HB 430, which added an exclusion to La. R.S. 44:11 for virtually all personnel records of law enforcement personnel in the State of Louisiana, including completed internal affairs investigations.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a performance audit of the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) process for the period June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2013. Forcible Rape was selected for testing based on the FBI’s 2012 published crime statistics. The data revealed that forcible rape in New Orleans was 43% lower than 24 other cities with the highest crime rates.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) grant expenditures between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012. The objective was to test grant controls, test grant compliance, and search for waste or abuse.
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.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigated whether the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) 8th District improperly classified crime statistics. The investigation revealed the misclassification of at least 177 incidents during the time period January 01, 2013 to July 31, 2013 as Signal 21 (Miscellaneous) or Signal 21L (Lost or Stolen) instead of Signal 67 (Theft). This incorrect classification resulted in under-reported crime statistics because neither Signal 21 nor 21L is included in Uniform Crime Reporting.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an investigation into the facts surrounding how New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) 8th District Commander Edwin Hosli obtained the “detail” to manage the review of traffic camera violation images, also known as the red light cameras.
