The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a public letter to Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Sheriff Marlin Gusman regarding issues related to the construction of a new jail facility.
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The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) evaluated the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office administration of the City’s electronic monitoring program (EMP) to examine EMP operations, review program protocols, assess how the monitoring deputies responded to alerts, and determine whether adequate performance measures were in place to gauge the effectiveness of the program.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a public letter to Sheriff Marlin Gusman to express concern about the selection process for an outside vendor to provide medical and mental health services at the jail. The letter references best practices for awarding professional service contracts.
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 an evaluation of the City’s Electronic Monitoring Program (EMP) administered by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office (OPSO). The objectives of this evaluation were to identify the goals of the EMP program, identify and assess the program’s performance measures; review the program’s annual budget allocation and expenses; and examine alerts and OPSO responses in April 2013.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a supplement to “Inspection of Taxpayer/City Funding to the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office in 2011.” The supplement was issued for the purpose of answering the question: what OPSO sources of public revenues are legally available to finance the jail?
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) documented the City’s financial support to the municipal and parish jail system, including budget allocations, City in-kind support, and ad valorem taxes. The report provides a detailed budget picture of the fiscal operations of OPSO and provides information regarding the City’s and OPSO’s respective responsibilities and authorities regarding the New Orleans Jail.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) followed up on its 2009 report “Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff’s Office Passenger Vehicles.” The purpose of the follow-up was to determine if the Sheriff’s Office implemented corrective actions to address problems identified in the original report.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) evaluated policies and practices of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office (Sheriff), the New Orleans Municipal Court, and the City Attorney’s Office relating to the arrest, detention, and prosecution of municipal code violations and traffic offenses. The objectives of this evaluation were to determine costs incurred by the City as a result of these practices and to assess the impact of policies adopted by the City, including an ordinance enacted in 2008 to reduce the number of arrests.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a performance review of the cost and management of passenger vehicles of the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff’s Office (OPCSO). The objective of the review was to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of the management of the fleet and to obtain and evaluate information about the size and cost of OPCSO’s fleet of passenger vehicles.
