NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson is urging voters within the metropolis to resume an current legislation enforcement millage.
On Tuesday morning, she led a tour of the jail for reporters, to point out them the place a number of the cash goes.
She says the millage supplies greater than $13 million a 12 months for issues like re-entry applications, staffing and facility upkeep and psychological well being providers. The millage additionally assists with the continued want to enhance the jail.
“The millage has been important. It has given us the muse and sources wanted to carry federal expectations to life, not simply on paper, however in day by day apply. Let me be clear: we nonetheless have work to do,” mentioned Silas Phipps, director of the Compliance and Accountability Bureau for the OPSO.
The millage will seem on the Might 3 poll.
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