New Orleans pushes to legalize police use of ‘facial surveillance’ The city would become first in the U.S. to formally allow facial recognition as a tool for surveilling residents in real time.

Authorities in New Orleans are scrambling after nearly a dozen people escaped from the Orleans Parish Jail in New Orleans, police said May 16. One person has been re-captured, police say.

New Orleans police arrested Emmitt Weber for allegedly helping inmates escape. Five fugitives, including those with serious charges, are still on the run.

New Orleans Police Department A composite of the 10 inmates who escaped the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility on May 16, 2025. Prisoners escape the New Orleans jail on May 16, 2025.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department is trying to identify three suspects in a car burglary investigation. The case is the latest one to roll on the Wheel of Justice. The crime ...

Instagram video appears to show escaped New Orleans inmate 03:07. Authorities announced Thursday they are investigating another social media post, the second in a week, showing a man who ...

Watch 2 New Orleans jail escapees be captured after leading police on high-speed chase Two jail escapees, Antoine Massey, 32, and Derrick Groves, 27, remain at large.

Former New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Ronal Serpas is criticizing what he described as New Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson's "checkered past" after 10 inmates escaped a parish ...

A New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy while responding to a call went on trial Monday as part of a federal civil lawsuit filed by the dog’s owners. The Catahoula Leopard dog ...

As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from an audacious jailbreak, they are also confronting entrenched mistrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

How police caught some of the New Orleans escaped inmates 02:14. A fifth person has been arrested in connection with the escape of 10 inmates last week from a New Orleans jail, authorities said.

Also on May 23, the New Orleans Police Department said it arrested Emmitt Weber on a charge of accessory after the fact of simple escape. Weber was one of four people questioned after ...