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Killings up significantly NOLA, fewer being solved

Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:28 pm
Posted by JS87
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Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:28 pm
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NEW ORLEANS -- There were significantly more killings in New Orleans during the first quarter of 2017 than the year before and fewer of them are being solved.

That was the information that Police Superintendent Michael Harrison delivered to a City Council committee Thursday.

Harrison, who spoke to the council’s Criminal Justice Committee, said there were 51 killings in the first quarter of 2017, compared to 30 in 2016. The clearance rate – the number of killings that have been solved by naming or arresting a suspect -- has dropped from nearly 41 percent to only 31 percent.

The clearance rate has been the subject of much scrutiny this year, and Harrison told the council the rate has been hampered by a shortage of people willing to come forward with information that can lead to arrests.

Harrison also said the numbers of officers on the force has gone up, but only slightly in the past year.

The NOPD hired 123 new recruits in 2016, but they lost 109 officers at the same time, a net increase of only 14 officers.


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Posted by goofball
Member since Mar 2015
16898 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:29 pm to
I'm afraid New Orleans, and the entire state of Louisiana, is in a tail spin right now.
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
39282 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:29 pm to
I doubt they care enough to put any real effort into solving these cases.
Posted by LSUweights
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2014
3545 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:30 pm to
BR > NOLA
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134887 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:31 pm to
I guess Mitch's "we're harboring illegals to help solve crimes in NOLA" plan is complete bullshite.
Posted by TigerWise
Front Seat of an Uber
Member since Sep 2010
35113 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:32 pm to
Gonna be a hot summer
Posted by RedFoxx
New Orleans, LA
Member since Jan 2009
6025 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:33 pm to
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51 killings in the first quarter of 2017


I guess it was easier for Mitch to rattle off the names of the 16 killed at the Liberty Place Battle than the 51 people killed in New Orleans this year.
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
16248 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:34 pm to
Maybe we can get more episodes of First 48 filmed in New Orleans now.
Posted by TitleistProV1X
Member since Nov 2015
3516 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:36 pm to
Just assemble the National Guard in the couple hot spots around the city and boom problem solved. Everyone knows where the murders occur but nobody cares.
Posted by PaperPaintball92
Fly Navy
Member since Aug 2010
5297 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:37 pm to
Now that the statues are gone, we should see an immediate decrease in crime rate.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65974 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:45 pm to
quote:

the number of killings that have been solved by naming or arresting a suspect -- has dropped from nearly 41 percent to only 31 percent.


Posted by BeachDude022
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Member since Dec 2006
34887 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:55 pm to
Need to have a purge in NOLA only. Would be epic
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
68487 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:55 pm to
I blame it on the homicide department getting famous and complacent due to a&e's first 48 show.
This post was edited on 4/27/17 at 2:07 pm
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21497 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:57 pm to
sewage gonna sewage
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
66982 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 2:00 pm to
Mitch should be chained up in his nicest suit and taken to the projects wrapped in a confederate flag and left there at night
This post was edited on 4/27/17 at 2:01 pm
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
112745 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 2:03 pm to
New Orleans was understaffed with 500 more officers. Can't imagine how really bad it is out there ie. the real statistics.
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
25395 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

The NOPD hired 123 new recruits in 2016, but they lost 109 officers at the same time, a net increase of only 14 officers.


Do they have a retention problem or is this just people retiring?
Posted by KarlMalonesFlipPhone
Member since Sep 2015
3848 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 2:39 pm to
Think how much the city could benefit from the tax revenue from marijuana sales. More police, better streets, better schools. But nah, we'll just continue to be behind in the times and watch our state slip further and further into the shitter
Posted by SonOfMike
Austin, TX
Member since Oct 2007
5886 posts
Posted on 4/27/17 at 11:39 pm to
Who cares. Nobody cares until white people start dying in the streets
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