New Orleans police hope to reduce murder rate
Moving 300 officers from administrative positions to high crime areas, the New Orleans Police Department hopes to reduce the murder rate, like it did in the mid-90s, when the city averaged 400 murders a year and this strategy helped.
Moving 300 officers from administrative positions to high crime areas, the New Orleans Police Department hopes to reduce the murder rate, like it did in the mid-90s, when the city averaged 400 murders a year and this strategy helped. A more visible police presence is what many people in one eastern New Orleans neighborhood say they want, where several shootings occurred last week. Dave Benelli, the president of the Police Association of New Orleans, says that the officers involved serve in important administrative roles, but with the rash of violence, they are also needed out on the street. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=378&ncid=378&e=8&u=/wdiv/20040713/lo_wdsu/2285894
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