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Council authorizes mutual-aid cooperative agreement between NOPD and Orleans Levee District police
Summary
The council approved an ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter a cooperative endeavor agreement for mutual law-enforcement assistance between the New Orleans Police Department and the Orleans Levee District Police Department, a three-year, no-cost agreement to improve response along levees, bridges and waterfront areas.
The New Orleans City Council approved an ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter a cooperative endeavor agreement between the New Orleans Police Department and the Orleans Levee District Police Department to provide mutual law-enforcement assistance across jurisdictional boundaries.
Councilmember Thomas introduced the ordinance, and a council speaker described the agreement as a standard mutual-aid arrangement similar to existing agreements with university police and other partners. The speaker told the council the agreement helps expand public-safety coverage "especially along levies, bridges, and waterfront areas," said it carries no financial cost, and that it would run for three years.
Councilmembers voted to adopt the ordinance; the clerk recorded the vote as "6 yeas, no nays." The ordinance authorizes the mayor to execute the mutual-aid cooperative endeavor agreement (CEA) in the form attached to the council agenda.
The transcript records the council's decision and a short explanation of the agreement's purpose; it does not record additional implementation steps or related budget actions in the meeting minutes.
