FBI agents leave NOPD homicide unit
FBI to end stint in homicide unit
N.O. squad got help from federal agents
Saturday, June 07, 2008
By Brendan McCarthy
The FBI will be ending its one-of-a-kind homicide initiative with the New Orleans Police Department later this month, withdrawing the agents that supplemented the NOPD’s taxed murder squad.
The move draws to a close the 17-month initiative, which put FBI agents from across the country into the NOPD’s homicide unit for several months at a time. The agents assisted local detectives from crime scene to clearance, knocking on doors and helping out in many other facets of the investigations. A group of five detectives was placed in the unit for up to three-month rotations. …
NOPD Capt. Kevin Anderson, commander of the homicide unit, said the departure will mean fewer bodies in the office but said it will not affect the squad’s output.
“We do feel confidently that it will not impact the service and job performance of the homicide division,” Anderson said. “It will not impact our ability to put murderers in jail.”
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