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Recent News About New Orleans Police Department
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Red light camera suit reassigned to fourth judge in Orleans Parish
A class action suit against the city of New Orleans has been reassigned to its fourth judge and now waits for conference dates to be set in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. -
'By God's Grace We Live' sign holder sues NOPD claiming 18 false arrests
Shorty A man who sits on the corners of Metairie Road and Interstate 10 and Washington Avenue and Interstate 10 in New Orleans is suing the New Orleans Police Department for falsely arresting him 18 times in the past five years. -
Mardi Gras float trial continued without date
Futrell A trial involving an accident and subsequent injuries on a Mardi Gras float has been continued without date after the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and an unidentified insurance company were added as defendants. -
Judge takes school shooting case under advisement
After hearing oral arguments in a liability case against the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Robin Giarusso has taken the case under advisement while she looks over depositions and other case material. -
Mobile dog grooming service workers take licensing dispute to court
An Orleans Parish resident is suing a mobile dog grooming service, claiming that she was provided with an inadequate client list and faulty truck after she began working under the company's license. -
Homicide detective describes grisly scene in school shooting liability suit
The lead detective who investigated a 2003 school shooting at an Orleans Parish high school described a grisly scene where gunmen stood over the body of one of their victims and shot him to death with an AK-47. -
Warwick Hotel sues security company over break-in
The owner of a New Orleans hotel blames a security company for failing to keep someone from breaking in. -
Judge dissolves injunction against New Orleans traffic cameras
Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Paulette Irons rescinded an Oct. 1 injunction that had stopped the city from collecting tickets from traffic cameras. -
Class action filed over New Orleans traffic cameras
A New Orleans woman is a lead plaintiff in a proposed class action against the city for its use of traffic cameras after she received a ticket captured by a traffic camera. -
New Orleans passes ordinance legalizing traffic cameras
The New Orleans City Council voted 6-1 on Nov. 4 to move oversight of the city's red light and traffic cameras to the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) from the Public Works Department (PWD). -
Louisiana Supreme Court will not hear appeal in red light camera suit
The city of New Orleans must stop issuing tickets based on traffic cameras because the Louisiana Supreme Court has refused to hear the City's appeal of a lower court ruling that the cameras are illegal. -
School shooting liability trial continued to Dec. 6
A liability trial involving a 2003 school shooting at a New Orleans high which began Oct. 11 in Orleans Parish Civil District Court has been continued until Dec. 6. -
New Orleans vows to appeal judge's ruling that bans red light cameras
Landrieu The city of New Orleans has pledged to appeal a ruling by the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeals which upheld a ruling in Orleans Parish Civil District Court which deemed the city's red light traffic cameras illegal. -
OPSB school shooting trial begins in Orleans Parish
A liability suit involving a 2003 school shooting at a New Orleans high school began Oct. 11 in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. -
Judge rules New Orleans traffic cameras violate city charter
Judge Landrieu Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Paulette Irons has ruled that New Orleans' red-light and traffic cameras violate the city charter and has placed an injunction on the city to prevent it from issuing any more tickets. -
Judge denies continuance of school shooting suit
Judge Robin Giarusso denied a defense motion to continue an Oct. 11 trial date in a lawsuit against the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) regarding a 2003 school shooting. -
Judges closing offices early due to Saints season opener
Many Judges in Orleans Parish Civil District court will be closing their divisions early on account of the New Orleans Saints season opener Thursday. -
Judge hears motions in school shooting suit
Rodney Judge Robin Giarusso heard three motions in a suit involving a 2003 school shooting in Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Sept. 7. -
Judge will hear three motions in school shooting civil suit
Rodney An infamous 2003 school shooting is the subject of three motions to be heard by Judge Robin Giarusso in Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Sept. 7. -
City's motions satisfied in Mardi Gras float suit
Futtrell The city of New Orleans' motions for preemptory exception in a suit involving a Mardi Gras float crash were satisfied in Orleans Parish Civil District Court.