New Orleans police Officer Jeffrey Vappie, whose close relationship with Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been a focus of a federal investigation, accompanied Cantrell on an trip to the Middle East last month that cost taxpayers more than $14,000, according to a WVUE-TV report.
The city picked up the bill for Vappie’s airfare and lodging in Dubai, where Cantrell traveled in December for a climate action conference,…