New Orleans — National Guard troops are expected to arrive in the Big Easy before the end of November, Anne Kirkpatrick, the city's police superintendent, told CBS News, adding that she had a "good conversation" with a National Guard major recently about the plans.

"We are working together and planning their deployment," Kirkpatrick told CBS News in an interview Tuesday evening. "They are not coming in to take us over — this is a partnership."

While New Orleans had requested Louisiana National Guard support for upcoming New Year's Eve events, the earlier assistance from federal National Guard troops came at the request of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry in late September.

Kirkpatrick said the troops are scheduled to arrive in time for the city's Bayou Classic — a major two-day college fo

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