► 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. New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne 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. According to a 2017 interview, Kirkpatrick had been recruited for the top police job in Memphis but was already a candidate for the Chicago job. New Orleans station WGNO reported that since 2023, overall crime in that city is reportedly down 26%, with murders down 38% and non-fatal shootings down by 44%. Kirkpatrick reportedly had the highest approval rate of any public official in New Orleans, according to a poll conducted by the University of New Orleans. Before moving to the New Orleans Police Department, Kirkpatrick's resume states she worked as a consultant for the Memphis Police Department from 2020 to 2023, and was responsible for the public affairs dashboard that went live in 2021, as well as reviewing MPD policies and practices. The early-morning attack during New Year’s celebrations in New Orleans left 10 people dead and at least 35 injured, and postponed the Sugar Bowl. The suspect has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas, who reportedly flew an ISIS flag from his truck as he plowed into a crowded Bourbon Street around 3:15 a.m. He was killed in a shootout with police.