§ 33:2339 — Detail or secondary employment; city of New Orleans

A.(1) The managing director and employees of the Office of Police and Secondary Employment (OPSE), or its successor, may only communicate with the New Orleans Police Department, its staff, officers, or superintendent regarding matters concerning paid detail or secondary employment assignments. All other matters shall be communicated in writing, in a standardized format available for public review. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the Public Integrity Bureau.
(2) The provisions of this Section shall apply to any other entity which may be created, or which supercedes OPSE, to oversee or manage paid details or secondary employment of New Orleans city police officers.
B.(1) The office of the independent police monitor shall investigate any complaint concerning any detail or secondary employment of a New Orleans city police officer. In addition, the office of the independent police monitor may examine, review, audit, inspect, and investigate the records, books, reports, documents, papers, correspondence, accounts, audits, inspections, reviews, recommendations, plans, films, tapes, pictures, computer hard drives, software data, hardware data, e-mails, instant messages, text messages, and any other data and material relevant to any detail or secondary employment complaint and may issue an administrative subpoena duces tecum to require the production of books, records, documents, or other evidence deemed relevant or material to an investigation. The subpoena duces tecum shall comply with all applicable constitutionally established rights and processes.
(a) The subpoena duces tecum may be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the addressee's residence or business address.
(b) The entity receiving the subpoena duces tecum may file a motion with the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans to amend or quash the subpoena. The motion shall be filed any time before the date for attendance or compulsion specified in the subpoena or within twenty days after the subpoena duces tecum has been served, whichever is earlier. In no event shall any penalty attach to the recipient of such an administrative subpoena duces tecum for failure to respond without an order from the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans.
(c) If the subpoena duces tecum is not quashed and is not complied with by the date for production of documents, the office of the independent police monitor may apply to the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans for an order compelling compliance with the subpoena. Any person failing to comply with the order compelling compliance shall be adjudged in contempt of court.
(d) Any costs and attorney fees incurred by the office of the independent police monitor shall be taxed against the person who failed or refused to comply with the terms of the subpoena.
(e) When the office of the independent police monitor has reason to believe that a person may attempt to conceal or destroy materials essential to an investigation, examination, audit, or inspection, such office may apply by verified petition to the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans for an order protecting the materials from concealment or destruction. The court may order and fix the amount of a bond to be posted and conditioned upon compliance with the terms of the subpoena. The order shall be directed to the person upon whom the subpoena will be served and to any other person necessary to protect the materials from concealment or destruction.
(2) The office of the independent police monitor may examine the accounts and books of OPSE, or any other entity which may be created, or which supercedes the Office of Police and Secondary Employment, to oversee or manage paid details or secondary employment of New Orleans city police officers.
C.(1) The head of OPSE shall not be within the chain of command of the New Orleans Police Department but shall be bound to observe the Police Officers Bill of Rights and shall be prohibited from disciplining an officer.
(2) The chief management officer for the OPSE shall refer all complaints of unprofessional conduct to the Public Integrity Bureau.
D. The maximum administrative fee on hourly detail or secondary employment shall be five dollars per hour.
E. Each assignment of paid police detail and secondary employment, as well as any exempted detail or details exempted from rotation, the name of any coordinator assigned to such detail, as well as the rationale given for any exemption from detail policy or procedure shall be a public record subject to the Public Records Law.
F. All communications of OPSE, its managing director and employees regarding references to police officers, employees of the New Orleans Police Department, and businesses and other contracting entities regarding details or secondary employment shall be subject to a public records request and the information shall be considered a public record pursuant to R.S. 44:1 et seq., and shall also be available under the Freedom of Information Act.
G. As used in this Section, "OPSE" shall mean the Office of Police and Secondary Employment or any other entity which may be created, or which supercedes the Office of Police and Secondary Employment, to oversee or manage paid details or secondary employment of New Orleans city police officers.
H. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any police details or secondary employment by police personnel on behalf of any district created pursuant to Part II of Chapter 29 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Legislative History

Acts 2013, No. 94, §1, eff. June 4, 2013.