The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has primary responsibility for law enforcement in New Orleans, Louisiana. The department's jurisdiction covers all of Orleans Parish, while the city is divided into eight police districts.
On Tuesday, May 11, 2010, Ronal W. Serpas, Ph.D. was sworn in at Gallier Hall by Mayor Mitch Landrieu as the new superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department. Serpas was most recently the chief of police in Nashville, Tennessee, and prior to that served as the director of the Washington State Patrol.
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