90 NOPD officers leave department, PANO president says furloughs partly to blame 90 NOPD offices leave department, PANO president says furloughs partly to blame (Source: WVUE) By Rilwan Balogun | December 14, 2020 at 7:25 PM CST - Updated December 14 at 7:54 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans Police Department welcomes 14 men and women into its newest recruitment class. It comes as a time the city experiences a 75 percent increase in homicides and carjackings up 142 percent.
“I commend them for joining this occupation during some difficult and challenging times, global pandemic, civil unrests,” said Chief Shaun Ferguson.
As these 14 recruits prepare to join the department, Chief Ferguson says, just this year, 90 officers decided to leave.