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Jilly_in_VA

(10,838 posts)
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 04:26 PM Mar 2024

'The rats are ... all high,' NOPD chief says of vermin-infested HQ, evidence room

Heavy mold and deteriorating elevators, HVAC units and plumbing are some of the issues that have been plaguing New Orleans Police Department headquarters.

But those aren't the only problems at aging police facilities around the criminal justice complex near Tulane Avenue and South Broad Street. Don't forget the vermin, NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told the City Council's Criminal Justice Committee on Monday.

"The rats are eating our marijuana," Kirkpatrick said. "They're all high."

Rodents have infested police headquarters, scattering feces across desks and feasting on narcotics in the department's evidence room, she said. Cockroaches are also abundant.

"It is not just at police headquarters. It is all the districts. The uncleanliness is off the charts," Kirkpatrick said. "The janitorial cleaning (team) deserves an award trying to clean what is uncleanable."

https://www.nola.com/news/crime

This one made me LOL. Stoned rats? And probably roaches too? Well, that's NOLA for ya!

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'The rats are ... all high,' NOPD chief says of vermin-infested HQ, evidence room (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Mar 2024 OP
The Rats are all high Traildogbob Mar 2024 #1
those rats are at least 5 ft tall rampartc Mar 2024 #2

Traildogbob

(9,872 posts)
1. The Rats are all high
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 04:35 PM
Mar 2024

I swear I thought this was gonna be a Trump Whitehouse story.
Gonna be hell when all those rats get munchies.
Break room doughnuts don’t stand a chance.
And cops will be raging. Best obey all laws.

rampartc

(5,835 posts)
2. those rats are at least 5 ft tall
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 05:24 PM
Mar 2024

our new police chief is finding out exactly the kind of job she signed up for.

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