Officials of New Orleans Police Department have revealed that the rats infesting the department’s headquarters are “all high” from eating seized marijuana stored in the evidence room.
Speaking, Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee the building is infested with cockroaches and rats, and the rodents in particular seem to be having the time of their lives feasting on evidence.
“The rats eating our marijuana, they’re all high,” Kirkpatrick told the committee during a this week’s meeting.
She was speaking in support of a $7.6 million proposal to temporarily relocate police headquarters to a leased space in a downtown building for 10 years while exploring permanent solutions to the current building’s numerous issues, which are prone to pests.
“We all know the facilities have been rundown,” Criminal Justice Committee Chairman Oliver Thomas disclosed to WDSU-TV.
“Last year, it was so hot that we had to close the buildings. Sometimes it’s so cold that our officers and the rank at headquarters can’t even occupy the building.”