NOPD News

The NOPD is seeking assistance in locating a person reported as missing.

Since the New Year, the NOPD's Specialized Investigation Division (SID) Major Case Narcotics Section has arrested more than 30 subjects for prostitution throughout the city.

The First and Seventh Districts also assisted in apprehending subjects during vice operations. Some subjects faced additional charges for having multiple outstanding warrants and drug violations. 

First District officers presented a check for $6,000 to their fellow officer Jackie Fontenot who’s currently fighting stage 4 cancer.

Last week, NOPD officers and along with two of the department’s chaplains gathered at the First District to pray over Fontenot and present her with a check to help with her medical bills.

The NOPD is seeking to identify and locate an individual caught on surveillance video in a shoplifting incident at the Dollar General store at 230 North Broad Avenue on March 16, 2017.

The NOPD is requesting assistance from the public in locating and identifying a suspect caught on surveillance video in connection with a business burglary in the 700 block of South Tonti Street on March 4, 2017.