crime

Owen Courrèges: Stranger crimes

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New Orleans is synonymous with many positive things: jazz, daiquiris, Victorian architecture, Mardi Gras. In the popular perception, unfortunately, it is also synonymous with crime. A recent spurt of rapes and armed robberies in Uptown continue to feed the perception that crime is uniquely prevalent in New Orleans, worse than most urban areas. This perception is entirely false. New Orleans does have a crime problem, and our homicide rate in particular is disturbing.

city government

NOPD chief: “Education and economy eliminates crime. Arrest and incarceration might reduce it – some.” (live coverage)

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The greatest weapon the New Orleans Police Department has in the fight against crime is civic engagement and neighborhood organization, New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas told a group of young professionals Monday evening. “When you use your neighborhood and expect behavior of yourself and others, criminals will find somewhere else to go,” Serpas said at a forum hosted by EngageNOLA, a young professionals’ organization. “When you blink, they win. If you don’t blink, they will find someplace else to go.” Speaking before a packed meeting room at the Columns Hotel on St.