From left, candidates for Orleans Parish sheriff include Edwin Shorty Jr., incumbent Susan Hutson and Michelle Woodfork.

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Michelle Woodfork, left, talks to the news media after New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, right, picked her as interim police superintendents to succeed Shaun Ferguson on Dec. 20, 2022.

Deputy Superintendent Woodfork served as a police officer for 33 years.

Michelle Woodfork, a 32-year New Orleans Police Department veteran who was the first woman to take charge of the public agency in its top job, has announced her retirement.

Friday, Sept. 22 marked Michelle Woodfork’s last day as Interim Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department.