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 flagsThe 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. Louisiana State Police said Coleman received more than $111,000 in fraudulent overtime payments between December 2024 and December 2025. The next day, his records again showed him clocking in at 6:25 a.m., while video showed him leaving his home at 7:41 a.m., according to investigators.