City approves "NOLA Patrol" for French Quarter security
 

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/imag...80/bourbon.jpg Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) announced a program to "improve public safety and quality of life enforcement and presence in the French Quarter" following recent violence in the neighborhood and on Bourbon Street. Expected to launch later this year, the "NOLA Patrol" will consist of 50 uniformed, unarmed civilian "grounds patrol officers" that will handle traffic control and other "non-emergency tasks" currently handled by NOPD.? [ Read more ]

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