Serpas

If Chief Serpas is all about preventing crime by pulling motorists over in droves (since someone with a busted tail light could also be a drug dealer), wouldn't it seem reasonable that we could prevent other crimes by fingerprinting smashed pumpkins?

Finding Ways to get Shot 2006

If Chief Serpas is all about preventing crime by pulling motorists over in droves (since someone with a busted tail light could also be a drug dealer), wouldn't it seem reasonable that we could prevent other crimes by fingerprinting smashed pumpkins?

Archive 2006-10-01 2006

The word Mr. Serpas and other officials frequently invoke to describe their approach is "holistic," a term more commonly associated with ashrams and yoga gurus than big city cops.

In America's Murder Capital, the Killing Is Personal Douglas McCollam 2011

Then-Mayor Marc Morial called Serpas "a great police leader."

New Orleans Saints Central 2010

At a city council hearing following the Halloween shootings, Mr. Serpas was pressed to identify the source of the murder problem.

In America's Murder Capital, the Killing Is Personal Douglas McCollam 2011

In response to public outcry over the bloodshed, Mr. Serpas has offered a plethora of reform ideas.

In America's Murder Capital, the Killing Is Personal Douglas McCollam 2011

Police Superintendent Serpas said in an interview the tightened curfew would help police keep unsupervised children from causing crimes or becoming victims by giving police more opportunity to stop children and ask what they are doing.

Earlier Nights in New Orleans? Cameron McWhirter 2012

Appointed by Mayor Mitch Landrieu in May of 2010, Mr. Serpas—the former police chief of Nashville, Tenn.—came into office vowing to stem a tide of violent crime and reform what he called "one of the most dysfunctional police departments in American history."

In America's Murder Capital, the Killing Is Personal Douglas McCollam 2011

Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas and other community leaders back the plan.

Earlier Nights in New Orleans? Cameron McWhirter 2012

After all, Mr. Serpas noted, the Halloween night shooting of eight people on Bourbon Street happened with policemen standing a few feet away from the gunman.

In America's Murder Capital, the Killing Is Personal Douglas McCollam 2011