Veteran federal customs officer returns to NOPD as Uptown rookie

Posted by Robert Morris at 4:36 pm city government, crime, public safety

Feb 262013

“[Richard] Hamilton is the essence of what I’m looking for,” NOPD Commander Paul Noel said of his 58-year-old rookie in the Uptown-based Second District, in the following report by Mike Hoss of our partners at WWL-TV. “When you see him out in the street, you know he not only walks the beat and talks to people, but you can tell he genuinely cares.”

Aaron Hawn

This is what every single officer should be like. It’s nice to praise him but we should be wondering why he’s the exception and not the norm. I fought at community meetings in Central City just to have a single officer walk our streets and get to know our residents. I guess that single officer is busy in the 2nd district. Hope they can move him around throughout the year. NOPD is a joke.