NOPD Chief Blocks 4-Officer Kiffin Detail Over Mississippi Jurisdiction
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Updated · WDSU New Orleans · Sep 15
NOPD Chief Blocks 4-Officer Kiffin Detail Over Mississippi Jurisdiction
3 articles · Updated · WDSU New Orleans · Sep 15
Summary
Anne Kirkpatrick said NOPD will not send mounted officers to Oxford after she determined the detail required travel to Mississippi, where the department has no police powers.
The superintendent said a Louisiana State Police colonel did not know the request had been made through lower ranks; NOPD later added she had signed initial paperwork without realizing it involved Ole Miss travel.
The reversal followed an earlier NOPD confirmation that four Mounted Division officers would go, city-funded, before the department called that a miscommunication.
Louisiana State Police still plans heightened security for Lane Kiffin and LSU's trip to unbeaten Ole Miss, with thousands of fans and ESPN's College GameDay expected in Oxford amid tensions over Kiffin's return.