► LIVE UPDATES: The latest on the deadly New Orleans attack on Bourbon Street
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The woman in charge of the police response after a deadly attack in New Orleans is a Memphis native and former police officer who recently worked as a consultant with the Memphis Police Department.
“This is not just an act of terrorism. This is evil,” New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said at a press conference Wednesday, after at least 15 people were killed in a rampage on Bourbon Street.
Kirkpatrick is a graduate of the Hutchison School and the University of Memphis, where she received her master’s degree in counseling in 1984, according to her resume and local media reports.
She began her career as a Memphis Police officer from 1982-85, and has since served as police chief in Oakland, California and Spokane, Washington and bureau chief in Chicago, according to her resume.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced Kirkpatrick as her nominee to head the New Orleans Police Department on Sept. 11, 2023.