New Orleans Police Department officials have said the rats infesting the department’s headquarters are “all high” from eating marijuana stored in the evidence room....CONTINUE READING
Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee the building is infested with cockroaches and rats, and the rodents in particular seem to be having a good time destroying evidence, UPI.com reports.
“The rats eating our marijuana, they’re all high,” Kirkpatrick told the committee during a this week’s meeting.
Kirkpatrick spoke in support of a $7.6 million proposal to temporarily relocate police headquarters to a leased space in a downtown building for 10 years while exploring permanent solutions to the current building’s numerous issues, which are not limited to pests.
“We all know the facilities have been rundown,” Criminal Justice Committee Chairman Oliver Thomas told WDSU-TV.
