What does the crescent moon and star symbol of New Orleans mean? -

As previously stated, that symbol is the traditional badge of the New Orleans Police Department. New Orleans is called the crescent city because of the shape of the Mississippi River along the city. The five point star is the traditional sheriff s emblem. Putting the two, the crescent and the star, together makes the badge a uniquely New Orleans identification. Actually, the moon has nothing to do with the crescent design (it comes instead from the river). The crescent sits above, and attached to, the star.The first New Orleans police was established in 1797 under Spanish governor, the Baron de Carondelete. The force was integrated and North Rampart street was assigned to the black officers.In most of the 19th century the New Orleans police department was mostly political pay back jobs and the force changed completely with each new mayor.For a very brief period in the 1950 s there was a television series about the NOPD. Currently, HBO is about to debut a similar program called Treme (named for the New Orleans neighborhood of that same name).

That s the symbol of our police department. The city is shaped like a crescent, and the star is a traditional police symbol.