New Orleans PD Says Dept Ready For Sugar Bowl, Super Bowl-Level Security

Regardless of calls to additional postpone the Sugar Bowl, the sport is about to kick off in 5 hours … and the New Orleans Police Division says they’re assured town will safely host the massive recreation following the Bourbon Road terror assault which killed a minimum of 14.

NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick appeared on the As we speak present the place she was requested if her police power was prepared for the Notre Dame vs. Georgia playoff recreation … after some, together with the state’s Legal professional Basic, called on officers to postpone the sport.

“We aren’t alone,” Kirkpatrick stated. “We’re in partnership with many different companions. Each native, federal, navy, police might be right here. We’re gonna have completely 100’s of officers and employees lining our streets, lining Bourbon Road, lining the French Quarter.”

Kirkpatrick continued … “We’re staffing up on the identical degree, if no more so than what we had been making ready for Tremendous Bowl.”

Mayor LaToya Cantrell additionally spoke at this time saying Bourbon Road might be ready for full activation earlier than recreation time at this time at 3 PM.

In fact, the Tremendous Bowl is without doubt one of the most protected occasions on the planet … alongside occasions just like the presidential inauguration. The Sugar Bowl does not sometimes obtain that degree of safety — however this yr they’ll, given the horrific assault.

The sport was already delayed once … after the Sugar Bowl opted to delay kickoff, initially scheduled for Wednesday night time, after the assault which claimed the lives of a minimum of 14 individuals, with scores of others injured.