By Olivia Vidal | WVUE | January 21, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Police responded to reports of an armed robbery and car theft on Thursday, January 20 in the 6200 block of Marshal Foch Street in Lakeview. The incident happened shortly after 6 p.m., a busy time of day for the…
By Devin Bartolotta | WWL-TV | January 20, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans is grappling with both a serious crime problem and a cop problem. New Orleans Police Superintendent Sean Ferguson had a tough conversation with City Council Thursday, in which he said the department is getting about half the applications…
By Danae Columbus | Uptown Messenger | January 20, 2022 Every partner in New Orleans criminal justice system is partially responsible for the city’s spiraling crime rate and every partner must do their job to help alleviate it, Councilman at-large J.P. Morrell said on WWL-TV earlier today (Jan. 20). “People are afraid to leave their…
By Fox 8 Staff | WVUE | January 19, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The president of the Police Association of New Orleans penned a letter addressed to the city council where he laid blame for the broken criminal justice system on the district attorney’s office, city administration, and the current police manpower issue. In…
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…
By Gregory R. Rusovich | The Advocate | January 17, 2022 New Orleans has become a more dangerous place to live, work and raise a family. Behind each grim crime statistic are many victims. Our quality of life and our city’s viability are at risk, and the New Year presents an opportunity for city leaders…
By Anna McAllister | WGNO | January 17, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — As New Orleans City Council members gathered for a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial service, they vowed to address the issue of crime in their upcoming special meeting. “What you will see from these two meetings this week is…