The new consulting Chief of Operations for the New Orleans Police Department will face the daunting task of restructuring the struggling department.
But the highly ranked former NYPD official will not be paid with city dollars to do so. He will be working under contract through the Police and Justice Foundation, compensated with private funds.
Fausto Pichardo is one of two former NYPD chiefs who were brought in for a 10-day assessment of NOPD’s issues, according to an email from Superintendent Shaun Ferguson. Now he will stay on with the department as consulting Chief of Operations for up to six months, while he works to improve officer safety and response times, among other tasks.
This move by NOPD has been supported by various organizations representing police officers and by experts.
