New Orleans PD

[Adigo]

In two weeks two of my friends are going to New Orleans to apply for the police department. They want me to apply as well. We have very little law enforcement experience and we are all from a very small area. What is your opinion on the New Orleans police department and the job in general. Is it worth the $$$?

 

[rudeguy]

I would love to be a cop but I get arrested too much

 

[HannibalX]

They're pretty fucking corrupt.

Back in 2005 supposedly 200 Officers didn't show up for work after the hurricaine, as it turns out those 200 people didn't exist anywhere but on paper and other Officers were collecting their checks!

Find somewhere else to work!

 

[gorcorps]

They're pretty fucking corrupt.

Back in 2005 supposedly 200 Officers didn't show up for work after the hurricaine, as it turns out those 200 people didn't exist anywhere but on paper and other Officers were collecting their checks!

Find somewhere else to work!

Find somewhere else? Sounds to me like it'd be easy to get double salary... Go for it!

 

[ElFenix]

it's known as no pd for a reason.

 

[Herr Kutz]

How much money do N.O. PDs get paid?

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/despite_drop_in_crime_new_orle.html

 

[JEDI]

How much money do N.O. PDs get paid?

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/despite_drop_in_crime_new_orle.html

dont see salary listed.

b4 Katrina, New Orleans cops were the lowest paid of the major cities. and not surprisenly, they were the most corrupt

no idea status after katrina

 

[Schadenfroh]

I used to live not far from New Orleans. Driven through the bowels of it in the wee hours of the morning. You do not want to work in a city that has a "60-day rule."

BTW, are you and your friends former accountants by any chance?

 

[Adigo]

$35,297. Including Uniform Allowance. $43,0700. Including Monthly State Pay after probation. 60-day rule? and no at accountants, lol. Two of us former correctional officers.

 

[IGBT]

They're pretty fucking corrupt.

Back in 2005 supposedly 200 Officers didn't show up for work after the hurricaine, as it turns out those 200 people didn't exist anywhere but on paper and other Officers were collecting their checks!

Find somewhere else to work!

from time to time the FBI shows up and takes over the PD due to corruption. Ends up firing most of the cops. Starts all over again. Ground Hog Day for ever in New Orleans. Good Luck. If you get shot at, more then likely it will be a fired cop shooting at you for taking his job.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Steven Seagal is a Dep Sherriff there... 'nuff said.

 

[boomhower]

Steven Seagal is a Dep Sherriff there... 'nuff said.

Sheriff and PD are two different organizations that have nothing to do with one another.

 

[rudeguy]

Sheriff and PD are two different organizations that have nothing to do with one another.

Right...I thought he was a reserve for one of the parish departments.

....yet in the TV show he is giving orders to everyone else

 

[dmcowen674]

Steven Seagal is a Dep Sherriff there... 'nuff said.

He is in Jefferson Parish which is a suburb west of the the city.

 

[iGas]

$35,297. Including Uniform Allowance. $43,0700. Including Monthly State Pay after probation. 60-day rule? and no at accountants, lol. Two of us former correctional officers.

The only people that they attract are control freaks with something to prove due to such poor pay rate.

 

[Schadenfroh]

60-day rule? and no at accountants, lol. Two of us former correctional officers.

60-day rule:
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-7/11712631133140.xml&coll=1

Oh, there was a forum member a little while back that became bored of his accounting job and sought to become a police officer. Similar to this accountant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMOmB1q8W4Y

 

[Arkaign]

It's a dangerous job if you're assigned night shift patrol. Do some google-fu.

 

[BoomerD]

Nawlins? No fucking thanks.

A person would have to be pretty fucking desperate to take a job as a NO cop...

 

[boomhower]

It's a dangerous job if you're assigned night shift patrol. Do some google-fu.

Being a cop pretty much anywhere is a dangerous job day or night. Your a walking target for every thug with a chip on there shoulder. They don't issue you a bullet resistant vest and a gun for nothing.

 

[Arkaign]

Being a cop pretty much anywhere is a dangerous job day or night. Your a walking target for every thug with a chip on there shoulder. They don't issue you a bullet resistant vest and a gun for nothing.

True enough, though I think I'd rate N.O. up there with the nastier parts of Chicago, L.A., and NYC metro areas for just being generally dangerous.

 

[weadjust]

It's a dangerous job if you're assigned night shift patrol. Do some google-fu.

Google says being a cop isn't that dangerous.

The 10 most dangerous jobs
Occupation Fatalities per 100,000
Timber cutters 117.8
Fishers 71.1
Pilots and navigators 69.8
Structural metal workers 58.2
Drivers-sales workers 37.9
Roofers 37
Electrical power installers 32.5
Farm occupations 28
Construction laborers 27.7
Truck drivers 25

 

[BeauJangles]

Didn't someone else post this exact question ~ 3 years ago?

 

[Born2bwire]

Didn't someone else post this exact question ~ 3 years ago?

Yeah, I came in here with a severe sense of dejevu.

 

[mizzou]

hope you like the smell of piss and vomit

 

[amdhunter]

Seems like a great place to accidentally shoot people of a certain race.