NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans police officer is facing 350 criminal charges after undercover surveillance cameras repeatedly showed him at home during hours his department records indicated he was on duty, in what investigators describe as a wide-ranging overtime fraud case.

Senior Police Officer Brandon Coleman, 39, was arrested Aug. 7 following a joint investigation by Louisiana State Police and the New Orleans Office of Inspector General, which examined discrepancies between the overtime hours Coleman reported and the hours investigators say he actually worked.

Payroll records raise red flags

The investigation began after FOX 8 started examining Coleman's overtime pay when payroll records showed he was among the New Orleans Police Department's highest-paid officers. Coleman earned approximately $229,000 from the department in 2025, more than three times his $68,000 base salary, according to FOX 8's reporting.

Louisiana State Police said Coleman received more than $111,000 in fraudulent overtime payments between December 2024 and December 2025. At his first court appearance, however, the Louisiana Attorney General's Office presented a higher figure, telling Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Juana Lombard that Coleman had collected more than $172,000 he should not have received, according to FOX 8.

Video evidence at the center of the case

Investigators placed undercover cameras to monitor........

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