New Orleans hires former New York police czar amid probe into security after attack

NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said she had hired former New York Police Commissioner William J. Bratton as a consultant during a tense city council meeting Wednesday as officials and residents sought answers over security lapses after a terror attack that killed 14 people in the French Quarter.

Kirkpatrick also told councilmembers she won't step down.

“I will not resign,” Kirkpatrick said. “I believe I can be that person to lead us forward.”

Read more reporting on the Bourbon Street attack and its aftermath from Jack Brook, of the Associated Press, and Sara Cline, of Report for America/the Associated Press, for ABC News.