NEW ORLEANS — NOPD's former Interim Superintendent Michelle Woodfork has joined the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office, the department announced Tuesday.
The 32-year veteran of the NOPD Woodfork will lead the Open Source Intelligence Taskforce as a Forensics & Intelligence Director.
Woodfork joined the department in 1991 as a patrol officer in the city's seventh district. In her 32-year career, she has worked in five of the city's police districts. She is the niece of a former NOPD Superintendent, Warren Woodfork, and her father was a former NOPD officer.
A press conference will be held Tuesday afternoon to announce her appointment. The conference will provide insights into Woodfork's role in strengthening homicide and violent crime prosecutions and enhancing public safety in New Orleans.
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