COVID-19 precautions wiped out most New Orleans' Mardi Gras festivities in 2021, and a shortage of police officers forced the city to shorten routes for some of its lavish seasonal parades in 2022.
FILE - Actress Patricia Clarkson holds on as she rides in the Muses Mardi Gras Parade through the streets of New Orleans, Feb. 16, 2012. New Orleans city officials and business owners are celebrating plans to let the good times roll on longer routes with security bolstered by neighboring police agencies. Mayor LaToya Cantrell's official announcement Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, that parade routes were being lengthened was welcome news to Staci Rosenberg, a founder of the Krewe of Muses.
“It was important to send a sign, I think, to the world that we’re back,” Rosenberg said of plans to restore the longer route. “We’ve recovered from all kinds of things — the pandemic, the labor shortage, the police shortage." Exactly how many police officers and sheriff's deputies from other jurisdictions will help with the parades wasn't immediately clear. A spokesperson for Hutson's office said in an email that agreements with other agencies were still being finalized ahead of the major parades.
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