Criminal Justice Committee

March 05, 2026 10:00 AM

City Council Chamber

1. Roll call

2. Approval of the minutes of the September 30, 2025 meeting

3. Presentation – Overview of Crime in the City by Neighborhood and Insights into the Justice Technology Modernization Program. Presented by Michael Harrison, Deputy Mayor of Public Safety; Daniel Shanks, Director of Special Projects, Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness; and Nathaniel Weaver, Justice Tech Modernization Program Director

4. Presentation – Overview of the Health Department’s Office of Crime Prevention, including its Mission and Public Safety Strategies. Presented by the Health Department, Office of Violence Prevention.

5. Presentation – Healing Minds NOLA Initiative, including its Mission and Collaborative Partnerships. Presented by Janet Hays, Founder and the Honorable Judge Kern Reese, Orleans Parish Civil District Court.

6. Ord. Cal. No. 35,341 – By: Councilmember King (By Request) An ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into Amendment No. 4 to a previously executed Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (“CEA”) between the City of New Orleans (the “City”), and Healing Minds Nola relative to the public purpose of supporting the New Orleans Assisted Outpatient Treatment (“AOT”) program’s ability to coordinate physicians to conduct mental health evaluations for prospective AOT participants in compliance with the Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:66 et seq., and to compensate physicians for same by operating the AOT programs through the Orleans Parish Civil District Court and working to connect people in need of mental health treatment to appropriate resources through case management and court supervision; to modify the provisions thereof and extend the term thereof for one (1) additional year, as more fully set forth in the Amendment No. 4 form attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and made a part hereof; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. Presented by Travers Kurr, Health Department.

7. Contracts for Consideration per Council Rule 57 – Lease Agreement between the Office of the Independent Police Monitor and 2714 Canal Building, LLC for office space for a term of three years and cost of $56,000 per year.

8. Adjournment

 

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