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| New Orleans police superintendent retires amid controversy in America's murder capital |
| 2022-12-07 |
| [FoxNews] Amid mounting pressure, New Orleans Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson will retire from his position at the end of this year, according to a statement from Mayor LaToya Cantrell. "The City of New Orleans will soon bid farewell to a great leader, a great partner and a great friend. After 24 years of dedicated public service to the City of New Orleans, Superintendent Shaun Ferguson will retire at the end of this year. He gave this city his very best – the safety and wellbeing of each and every resident and visitor was always his top priority," Cantrell said in a statement on Tuesday. Ferguson was named chief by Cantrell in January 2019 to replace outgoing Chief Michael Harrison, who had accepted the job as police chief in Baltimore. City Council Vice President J.P. Morrell called for Ferguson’s resignation last week as the council worked to approve the city’s $1.5 billion budget, where $25 million would go toward a police recruitment and retention incentive package. "You can repair the hull of the Titanic over and over, but if the captain keeps driving it into an iceberg, nothing will change," Morrell said. Morrell is one of many in New Orleans who are upset with the direction the "Big Easy" is taking under Cantrell's leadership in light of a recent spike in crime and criticism of Cantrell's travel spending. "The resignation of Chief Ferguson marks another loss to the New Orleans Police Department, a department that continues to hemorrhage amidst record-breaking crime in the city," Bayou Mama Bears founder Laura Cannizzaro Rodrigue told Fox News Digital. "Chief Ferguson accepted this position while the NOPD was under a federal consent decree, a decree that remains in place, continues to cripple the department, and will be remembered as one of the greatest failures to our city. The Mayor will now appoint a new police chief, but until the federal consent decree is removed, we are merely rearranging furniture on the Titanic." In September 2022, New Orleans overtook St. Louis as the murder capital of America as the city sees a 141% increase in homicides when compared to recent years. Related: New Orleans: 2022-12-02 Texas-born drug lord ‘La Barbie' no longer in U.S. custody, his whereabouts unknown New Orleans: 2022-11-04 Shepard Smith's CNBC Show Canceled New Orleans: 2022-09-19 Good Morning Related: Shaun Ferguson: 2021-08-24 'It makes no sense': NOPD detective slain in Houston mourned as hunt for his killers continues Shaun Ferguson: 2020-11-01 'Ambushed': New Orleans police officer shot in French Quarter by man in pedicab, suspect arrested Shaun Ferguson: 2019-12-02 11 shot in New Orleans French Quarter following Bayou Bowl football game |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 He is going out on top. We will see if he signs on to shepherd an up and coming city for a big paycheck down the road. In the meantime, his insight will be in high demand as a color commentator. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-12-07 12:43 |
| #3 What could possibly be considered controversial in Nawlins? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2022-12-07 09:09 |
| #2 Chicago's falling behind. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-12-07 08:24 |
| #1 Police can't stop a murder that happens w/o warning, but they can arrest the murderers. So why blame the police, whose job it is to ENFORCE the law, and not act as Thought / Emotional control enforcers. We have not reached the ability of the "Minority Report", where real Precrime intervention can be used. Currently, we only see politically abused PRE-COG applications. BTW: The New Orleans LSD's jumped on the DEFUND POLICE bandwagon back in 2021. Doing more with less seldom ends up better. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-12-07 07:58 |