Serpas allowed to hand-pick top NOPD commanders
Katie Moore / Eyewitness News
NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas wanted to create the new rank of “Colonel” within the department to give him more flexibility in hiring and firing his top commanders.
But after weeks of negotiating with the civil service board and police unions, the Civil Service Commission chose another option.
The commission gave Serpas the ability to unilaterally promote and demote 16 top
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