Implementation of NOPD 'If you lie, you die' policy is not so clear-cut

In one of his earliest moves in reforming the long-troubled New Orleans Police Department, Superintendent Ronal Serpas announced a zero-tolerance policy for deceptive cops, saying officers would be fired if they were caught lying.

The chief dubbed the mandate: "If you lie, you die."

Now, with high-stakes NOPD investigations targeting officers who lied or omitted facts in the Henry Glover civil-rights case, it would appear that Serpas' truthfulness policy would kick into full gear.
But a p

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