A Sample of Post-Katrina New Orleans

A New Orleans police officer falls to one knee after losing communication with a fellow officer who was trapped in water to his neck. 8/29/05

Mayor Ray Nagin playfully pointing an assault rifle at Police Superintendent Warren Riley at a news conference called to introduce new crime fighting equipment for the NOPD. So much for gun safety. February 2008.

A Katrina-damaged home in the Lower 9th Ward lays untouched four years after the storm devastated this area of New Orleans. 8/23/09

A Hispanic immigrant is detained by New Orleans police. 1/17/08

N.O.P.D. officers force out protestors from a city council meeting to discuss tearing down some 4,500 of New Orleans public housing units. Police used chemical spray and stun guns on the protestors. 12/20/07

A N.O.P.D. officers places a Glock 26 9mm semi-automatic handgun complete with blood stains into evidence at a press conference on Adolph Grimes, 22. Grimes was fatally shot by police on January 1, 2009. 1/3/09

A second line march in the Lower Ninth Ward by The Revolution Social Aid and Pleasure Club marks the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. 8/29/09

Three N.O.P.D. officers investigate a Mardi Gras shooting incident that injured five. 2/24/09.

A New Orleans police officer observes a peaceful night on Bourbon Street. Hurricane Katrina put the N.O.P.D. in the spotlight and presented some new public perceptions about the force. 5/9/09

Members of the African American Leadership Project show their support for one another and all victims of Hurricane Katrina in a commemoration ceremony called Hands around the Dome. 8/29/09

A member of the New Orleans Police Homeless Assistance Unit visits a homeless encampment under an Interstate 10 overpass. 2/14/08

New Orleans police officer Eddie Wilson demonstrates the skills he's learned in the two week intensive horseback training required for carnival season. 2/10/09

Police captain Bernadine Kelly at a memorial in the lower Ninth Ward for victims of Hurricane Katrina. 8/29/09

Members of New Israel Baptist Church in the lower Ninth Ward are thankful their church has been able to rebuild since Hurricane Katrina, which caused 13 feet of water to enter the church. 11/29/09