By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
The FBI has assigned two agents to work full time in the New Orleans Police Department’s internal affairs unit, another move in a concerted effort to unearth corruption in the troubled department, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported.
“It’s the right thing to do at the right time,” said David Welker, special agent in charge of the FBI’s New Orleans division, according to the paper. “This relationship is not designed to make the FBI the NOPD’s Big Brother.”
Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas applauded the move, saying:
“These two agents will work closely with us on systems of corruption, on civil rights investigations and to help in our in-service training programs.”
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