The headquarters of the New Orleans Police Department is in such a state of decay that rats are eating drugs in the evidence room, the department's chief said.
The only creatures that seem to be enjoying the decaying New Orleans Police Department headquarters are the rats in the building's evidence room, officials said this week.'The rats are eating our marijuana. They're all high,' NOPD Chief Anne Kirkpatrick testified at a city Criminal Justice Committee meeting on Monday.The dilapidation extends beyond the evidence room.
'When we say we value our employees, you can't say that, and at the same time, allow people to work in conditions that are not acceptable,' Kirkpatrick told the committee. Council members at Monday's committee meeting voted to approve a lease for a new building for the NOPD, according to WWL.
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