re: State Troopers walking French Quarter streets

The Federal Consent Decree limits the amount of OT and private detail hours a cop can work. I believe the new max is 36 hours per week, of which only 24 can be detail work.

Among the problems with the old system was that cops were working cash details for 50 or 60 hrs a week and catching up on their rest during their 40 hour (actual) work week. Bars were getting protected just fine, but streets weren't getting patrolled as they should.