By Site Staff | Biz New Orleans | January 18, 2022 NEW ORLEANS — The Metropolitan Crime Commission — a private, nonprofit watchdog group — will begin issuing a weekly updated crime bulletin including year-to-date changes in major categories of violent crime in Orleans Parish since 2019 (homicide, shooting, carjacking and armed robbery), as well…
By Fox 8 Staff | WVUE | January 18, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The Metropolitan Crime Commission on Monday (Jan. 17) launched a new weekly New Orleans crime trends bulletin that will allow the public to access data and maps for homicides, shootings, armed robberies and carjackings in the city. The…
By Matt Sledge | NOLA.com | January 18, 2022 Tensions continued to build on Tuesday between New Orleans Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson and District Attorney Jason Williams ahead of an upcoming special City Council hearing on crime and following a wave of highly publicized carjackings over the weekend. Ferguson is scheduled to sit in the…
By Kaitlin Rust | WVUE | January 18, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Police investigate another armed carjacking Uptown on Freret near Carrollton, an area of the city that saw five carjackings over the weekend. He’s been trying to keep his mind off of it, saying it angers him. He’s still shaken…