Finally, police officers entered the roof area from all sides about 2:00 P.M. However, extreme caution was still exercised due to reports from several observation points that a second subject had also been seen. when a military helicopter occupied by police riflemen was on its third flight over the roof, Essex ran from a concrete cubicle firing at the helicopter and was shot. Essex was finally traced on Sunday, Januto the downtown Howard Johnson, where murders were committed.
#New orleans photo police series#
One of the greatest setbacks ever to befall the NOPD began on December 31, 1972, when the first of a series of snipings and gun battles began between a lone gunman identified as Mark Essex and members of the department. Also at this time, the Alcohol Safety Action Division was formed in an effort to reduce alcohol-related auto accidents. The Felony Action Squad was formed in September 1972 for the specific purpose of armed robbery prevention in areas of actual and/or predicted high criminal activity. In February 1971 the Urban Squad was implemented to concentrate in densely populated low-income housing areas which had a marked impact on criminal activity. Cates as Deputy Chief for Administration. Sirgo as Deputy Superintendent and Captain Sidney H. Giarrusso as Superintendent of Police to succeed his brother, who had retired, on August 25, 1970. When Moon Landrieu became mayor in 1970, he appointed 21-year veteran Clarence B.
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