NOPD Task Force

Task Force Mission

Initiate the national search for a new police chief who can effectively lead the New Orleans Police Department and reduce violent crime in New Orleans.

Task Force Recommendations

At the end of the search and selection process for the next Superintendent of NOPD, the NOPD Task Force will recommend a final pool of 3-4 candidates for consideration by the Mayor-elect.

Task Force Updates

March 24, 2010

NOPD Task Force Progress Report: International Group Recruits Candidates for Police Chief

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the world's leading association of law enforcement executives, has begun recruiting candidates for the next Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). Transition New Orleans engaged the DC-based nonprofit to assist the NOPD Task Force with the national search.

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March 19, 2010

NOPD Task Force Update

The search for a New Orleans Police Department Superintendent is well underway. Our overarching goal is to find 3-4 extremely well-qualified candidates for chief, from whom Mayor-Elect Mitch Landrieu will make a final appointment

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March 5, 2010

Landrieu & NOPD Task Force seek citizen input at community meeting and via public survey

Citizens will have the opportunity to take part in a community meeting or fill out a public survey, as the New Orleans Police Department Task Force gathers public input on what the city needs in the next police chief, Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu announced today.

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Task Force Members

Co-Chairs

headshotDr. Norman Francis, President, Xavier University

headshotMr. Nolan Rollins, President & C.E.O. Urban League of Greater New Orleans

Members

  • Leon Cannizzaro, Jr., Orleans Parish District Attorney
  • Ralph Capitelli, Capitelli and Wicker Law Firm
  • Darlene Cusanza, Executive Director, Crimestoppers
  • Mike Cowan, New Orleans Crime Commission
  • Lucas Diaz, Executive Director, Puentes New Orleans
  • Colonel Michael Edmonson, Superintendent, Louisiana State Police
  • Nick Felton, President, New Orleans Fire Fighters
  • Marlin Gusman, Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff
  • Calvin Johnson, Former Chief Judge of the New Orleans Criminal Court
  • Patricia Jones, Executive Director, Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association
  • General Bennett Landreneau, National Guard Adjutant General for Louisiana
  • Barbara Major, Executive Vice President, C.U.E.E.
  • Reverend John C Raphael, Jr., Pastor, New Hope Baptist Church
  • Greg Rusovich, President & C.E.O., New Orleans Crime Coalition
  • Phyllis Taylor, Chairman & President, Patrick F. Taylor Foundation

National Technical Advisors

  • Chief Bill Bratton, Former Police Chief of Los Angeles and New York City
  • Lee Brown, Former Mayor and Police Chief of Houston
  • Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, New York City Police Department
  • Chief Richard Pennington, Former Police Chief of Atlanta
  • Bob Stellingworth, Former President of the New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation
  • Chief Henry Whitehorn, Police Chief of Shreveport
  • International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
  • National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
  • Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)

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