Thursday, April 25, 2013

Shit my Jackie says

City Council was supposed to hold a hearing on reforming the controversial NOPD detail system today but then decided they would rather not.

A City Council hearing scheduled for Thursday afternoon on a new system to oversee police off-duty detail work was postponed after a long meeting Wednesday night with police officer representatives, council members, Chief Administrative Officer Andy Kopplin and others.

Though details of the meeting were sketchy, the delay may indicate that the city is willing to tweak its planned system to oversee the scandal-prone "secondary employment" system, which a March 2011 U.S. Department of Justice report labeled an "aorta of corruption" in the NOPD.

Ryan Berni, a spokesman for Mayor Mitch Landrieu's office, did not immediately return a call for information on the night meeting or why Thursday's hearing was put off.
Luckily, Jackie Clarkson was available for comment, though. And that's always more fun anyway.


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