IRVIN L. MAGRI, JR Career Accomplishments -

IRVIN L. MAGRI, JR

Career Accomplishments

Cell:504-270-7513 • Residence/Fax: 985-787-2477

P.O. Box 5 • Grand Isle, LA 70358

Professional . . .

• Chairman – Louisiana State Pardon Board – Appointed by Governor Mike Foster

• Louisiana State Parole Board Member – Appointed by Governor Mike Foster

• Criminologist – Loyola University of the South

• Certified Instructor – Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners

• Former President – Louisiana State Society of Professional Investigators

• Notary Public – Parishes of Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Mary and Terrebonne, Louisiana • Host of “Crimewave” – a true police show featuring the actual victims of violent crime since 1967 • Real Estate Broker – Louisiana First Real Estate, LLC

• Former Instructor – Louisiana Real Estate Commission • Former host of: “The Detective” 1967-1991, WSMB, WGSO Radio, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Host of: “Crimewave” Radio Show – WTIX, WSMB, WLNO, WJBO, KLEB Radio, (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Larose, covering southeast and coastal Louisiana)

• Guest Speaker and Lecturer – Louisiana, New Orleans and Grand Isle History (Available upon request)

Law Enforcement . . .

• Over 54 years of law enforcement and investigative experience (Appointed to NOPD September 21, 1964)

• Former Assistant Chief of Police

• Former Official Lecturer – New Orleans Police Department

• Served as Chief Instructor for two Police Academies in Louisiana (Mandeville, 1976-1977/Grand Isle 1988-89)

• Recipient of 28 police commendations and 3 Class C Awards – New Orleans Police Department

• Author of the book, “Major Problems of the American Police” (1970)

• Effected over 3,013 physical arrests during law enforcement career

• Past President of the Police and Firemen’s Holy Name Society (1968-1970) New Orleans Police and Fire Departments

• Founder and 7-time President – Police Association of New Orleans (PANO) (Retired and undefeated)

• Founder and 7-time State President – Louisiana Police State Central Committee, National Union of Police Officers (Representing over 2,500 Commissioned Law Enforcement Officers) (Retired undefeated)

• Chief of Security – Fair Grounds Racetrack – supervising 82 Commissioned Special Officers and three (3) other major departments, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Current Certified Police Instructor – P.O.S.T. Specialty Instructor – Lafourche Parish Regional Sheriff’s Academy (2000-2011) – Homicide Investigations, Robbery, Burglary Investigations, Legal Definitions, Overview of the Criminal Justice System, Introduction to the Criminal Justice System, etc.

Community Service . . .

• Founder and Current State President – CRIMEFIGHTERS (Pro-Bono Victims’ Rights Organization)

• Former Chief of Civil Defense – Kenner, Louisiana – Supervising 132 Emergency Personnel

• Former Chairman and Member – Kenner Fire & Police Civil Service Board

• Former State President – Louisiana Voters League

• Special Governor’s Commendation – Civil Defense 1985 for building the largest volunteer Civil Defense Department in the entire State of Louisiana and for Outstanding Fiscal Responsibility

• Founder and Past President – Victims & Citizens Against Crime (1990-1993)

• Former Chairman of the Governor’s Speakers Bureau Against Narcotics

• Louisiana Concerned Citizens – 1975 1st runner-up of Louisianan of the Year

• Recipient of 154 Community Service Awards including CRIMEFIGHTER of the 20th Century Award for the State of Louisiana and the N.R.A. Lifetime Achievement Award (2001)

Education . . .

• Major in Criminology – Minor in Sociology, Loyola University of the South, May 22, 1970

• Honor Graduate of the New Orleans Police Academy, Class #35 (Top Graduate)

• Recipient of the Police Mutual Benefit Association Award for Scholastic Excellence, Class #35

• Graduate of numerous specialized schools of law enforcement, including FBI Applied Criminology

• P.O.S.T. Specialty Instructor in Homicide Investigations, Robbery, Burglary Investigations, Introduction to Law Enforcement, History of Law Enforcement, History of Louisiana Law Enforcement, etc.

• Former Instructor – Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office – Regional P.O.S.T. Academy

• Hours toward Master’s Degree – Southern University of New Orleans (A+ average) Specific Awards and Accomplishments of Irvin L. Magri, Jr. • P.M.B.A. Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement – Honor Graduate (Top Graduate) – January 4, 1967 – Police Academy Class #35 – New Orleans Police Department (NOPD)

• National Rifle Association (N.R.A.) Lifetime Achievement Award – 2001

• Crimefighter of the 20th Century Award – Presented by The Louisiana Crime Victims Coalition, Crimefighters and Common Sense Against Crime Organizations, 2000

• Founder Police Association of New Orleans (PANO) – July 28, 1969

• Past President Police Association of New Orleans (PANO) (1969-1975) (Retired undefeated)

• President Emeritus Award – Police Association of New Orleans (PANO) – April 24, 1975 • Founders Award – Police Association of New Orleans (PANO) – April 24, 1975

• Humanitarian Award – Police Association of New Orleans (PANO) – April 11, 1975

• Seven (7) Awards of Merit – Police Association of New Orleans

• Founder and Past President Award – Police Association of New Orleans – 1989 • Elected Trustee – New Orleans Police Pension Board (Elected on February 6, 1973) • Honor Award – American Federation of Police – May 1969

• Special Award of Merit – American Federation of Police 1976

• Founders Award – Kenner Civil Defense – 1982

• Special Award of Merit – Kenner Civil Defense – 1985 – Mayor Aaron F. Broussard

• Special Governor’s Award – Kenner Civil Defense for building the Largest Municipal Volunteer Civil Defense Department in the State of Louisiana

• Outstanding Community Service Award – Kenner Civil Defense 1985

• Founders Award – Victims & Citizens Against Crime (Founded on July 4, 1990) Outstanding Recruiters Award – Victims & Citizens Against Crime

• Special Award of Merit – Victims & Citizens Against Crime – 2000

• Founders Award – CRIMEFIGHTERS – January 20, 2003 (founded January 4, 1993)

• Distinguished Public Service Award – CRIMEFIGHTERS – April 6, 2002

• Outstanding Public Integrity Award – as Chairman of the Louisiana Board of Pardons – Common Sense Against Crime, CRIMFIGHTERS – 2002

• Joseph W. Sandifer Memorial Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Fighting Violent Crime and Homicides in the State of Louisiana

• Michelle Hansel Memorial Award for “Standing Up” for the Rights of Victims in Louisiana

• March 11, 1967 – involved with partner in shootout at 1818 Baronne Street in which 11 small children were successfully rescued from a gunman

• Delivered breech birth twins with partner in the St. Thomas Housing Project at 2047 Rousseau Street, Apartment E, New Orleans, Louisiana (6th District, NOPD on June 21, 1967 at 4:00 am)

• Rescued 12-year old child from prostitution ring in the City of New Orleans – 1973

• Captured subject on May 17, 1974 in 8500 block of Willow Street as a Police Sergeant (Platoon Commander) after subject shot a female in the head with a .12 gauge shotgun (injured in the line of duty)

• Apprehended armed rapist (Rape in Progress) on March 18, 1972 at Earhart Blvd. and LaSalle Street at 2:30 am – victim rescued – (6th District NOPD – injured in the line of duty)

• Worked undercover in New Orleans Public Schools, 1967-1968

• Founded, along with Captain Van H. Flynn and Moderator Larry Regan, first police radio show on a regular weekly basis in the City of New Orleans – 1967 – “The Detectives”

• Arrested and broke up large child molestation and pedophile ring in the 5th District, NOPD with partner in 1970. (Obtained all convictions in Criminal District Court)

• Founded first police union in the history of the South – Police Association of New Orleans – July 28, 1969.

• Founded and served as first Elected State President of the Louisiana Police State Central Committee of the National Union of Police Officers (22 Louisiana Police Unions) (Retired undefeated)

• Elected as National Trustee for the National Union of Police Officers – May 1970 at National Convention in Denver, Colorado

• Appointed as National Secretary-Treasurer of the National Union of Police Officers – 1973 by National President John J. Cassese (New York Police Department – Former President of the New York P.B.A. 1959-1970) (Retired undefeated)

Fighting Crime In Louisiana / Celebrating Our Independence

July 5, 2024 • 54 mins

Louisiana is ranked 50th in fighting crime, the lowest of the low. Much of that has been driven by homicides in New Orleans, which reached an all-time high in 2022 (though murders have fallen in the last two years).

Hy and Christopher speak to Irv Magri, President of Crimefighters of Louisiana as well as the founding president of the PANO, about the rising incidents of crime and what can be done to arrest them. Magri speaks of the successes that he had as President of the LA Pardon Board, and how abandonment of the policies which he had championed have helped drive the rise in homicides. We also speak about how Crimefighters offers free counseling and legal aid to the victims of crime.

To conclude the show, in honor of independence week, Hy speaks on the legacy of Patrick Henry.

Irv Magri

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