Are NOPD commanders talking to homicide detectives?
Did anyone hear the Warren Riley interview with John “Sputter” McConnell on WWL this morning (mp3)? The interview took place following another bloody weekend in New Orleans. I called in a question to ask Riley how he’s maintaining open lines of communication between district commanders and homicide detectives. Riley took homicide detectives out of district bureaus, and instead placed them into a centralized unit in headquarters. Removing detectives from the districts, arguably, takes away an important resource that district commanders need in order to make them accountable for every type of crime in their assigned areas. You can’t ask someone to do a job if you don’t give them control over the resources they need to do the job — it’s a maxim of management of every kind, and one that’s been in place at the NOPD since the COMSTAT process was implemented in New Orleans. I wasn’t able to remain tuned in to the WWL interview, so I’m wondering if Riley responded. I doubt he would have answe
