Full Show 9/3/2026: What can the NOPD do to ensure this historic drop in crime isn't just a temporary dip but lasting progress for our city?

On today's show, Newell Newell has on NOPD Superintendent Chief Anne Kirkpatrick to discuss how high-level law enforcement partnerships, including the recent Gold Eagle operation, are driving down violent crime across New Orleans, Janine Mansour, Director of Trade Development for Port NOLA, and Keith Palmisano, Vice President & General Manager of Ports America, to share why demand for complex shipments is surging and give an insider's look at how Port NOLA and Ports America partner to lift, maneuver, and keep the region’s heaviest industrial supply chains moving, Michael Hecht of GNO Inc. to talk about an analysis showing that before approving Port NOLA's $2.6 billion Louisiana International Terminal in Violet, the Army Corps of Engineers weighed the project's economic upside, and more, Dr. Jason R. McKenna, Chief Technology Officer and Deputy N8/N9 Commander at the Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command, to recap the Gulf Coast Defense Catalyst’s inaugural Innovation Industry Day, and Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, to talk about the massive multi-agency dragnet of "Operation Golden Eagle," which took dozens of illegal firearms and over $45,000 in lethal drugs off our streets while leveraging high-tech tools to catch a murder suspect in under two hours, and the shocking twists in the "Operation Sideswipe" staged-accident probe, where attorney fraud and a dark murder-for-hire plot hit the federal courtroom.