WDSU Investigates has obtained the New Orleans Police Department’s incident plan for the Sugar Bowl and New Year’s Eve.This comes after 14 people were killed and dozens were injured on New Year’s Day during a terror attack on Bourbon Street.For this report, WDSU did not share any specific information that would put the police department’s security plan at risk, and are not showing the document in its entirety. The 30-page document outlines procedures in place, information about barriers, and reports that are expected following both events. The document shows NOPD commanders are expected to complete an after-action memo critiquing how the event went.The records outline where wedge barriers were up before the attack, but right now it’s unclear how many work.According to the incident plan, supervisors assigned to the plan were required to attend a Zoom meeting on Friday, Dec. 27. The records showed commanders will complete and forward the their after-action memorandums with their assessments. “In doing so, what you will do is cover your pitfalls — things that worked, things that didn’t work,” said Mike Cahn, a security expert with decades of experience in New Orleans.The incident plan shows hundreds of barricades at dozens of locations across the downtown area. “The public is very steadfast on just the barricades,” Cahn said. “We should be looking more at the terrorism aspect. What else can we do know to make this a hardened target and safer for people in the future.”The plan also shows that there were wedge barricades for at least eight different locations in the French Quarter. “The wedge ones are the large white ones that cover the entire street from end to end. Those are the ones that are battery-powered as well,” Cahn said. “My understanding is some of those were not operational and were down at the time. If someone is destined to make this happen, regardless, the barricade would not have made a difference. If someone wants to do what they did in this incident, they would have found another way to make this happen.” NOPD issued the following statement in response to our inquiry about the plan: “As the Superintendent stated in council chambers today, there is an ongoing Attorney General investigation as well as other investigations and therefore the NOPD will not be discussing any of the incident plans (past, present or future) at this time.”The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, the New Orleans City Council, and at least two law firms are investigating the response to the attack and security measures in place.
WDSU Investigates has obtained the New Orleans Police Department’s incident plan for the Sugar Bowl and New Year’s Eve.
This comes after 14 people were killed and dozens were injured on New Year’s Day during a terror attack on Bourbon Street.
For this report, WDSU did not share any specific information that would put the police department’s security plan at risk, and are not showing the document in its entirety.
The 30-page document outlines procedures in place, information about barriers, and reports that are expected following both events.
The document shows NOPD commanders are expected to complete an after-action memo critiquing how the event went.
The records outline where wedge barriers were up before the attack, but right now it’s unclear how many work.
According to the incident plan, supervisors assigned to the plan were required to attend a Zoom meeting on Friday, Dec. 27.
The records showed commanders will complete and forward the their after-action memorandums with their assessments.
“In doing so, what you will do is cover your pitfalls — things that worked, things that didn’t work,” said Mike Cahn, a security expert with decades of experience in New Orleans.
The incident plan shows hundreds of barricades at dozens of locations across the downtown area.
“The public is very steadfast on just the barricades,” Cahn said. “We should be looking more at the terrorism aspect. What else can we do know to make this a hardened target and safer for people in the future.”
The plan also shows that there were wedge barricades for at least eight different locations in the French Quarter.
“The wedge ones are the large white ones that cover the entire street from end to end. Those are the ones that are battery-powered as well,” Cahn said. “My understanding is some of those were not operational and were down at the time. If someone is destined to make this happen, regardless, the barricade would not have made a difference. If someone wants to do what they did in this incident, they would have found another way to make this happen.”
NOPD issued the following statement in response to our inquiry about the plan:
“As the Superintendent stated in council chambers today, there is an ongoing Attorney General investigation as well as other investigations and therefore the NOPD will not be discussing any of the incident plans (past, present or future) at this time.”
The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, the New Orleans City Council, and at least two law firms are investigating the response to the attack and security measures in place.
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