re: Over a quarter of the murders in New Orleans this year, occurred on 1/1

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What is Troop Nola?

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Group of Troopers dedicated to New Orleans. They help NOPD with policing some areas.

The idea existed several years back, but LSP fricked it up by using tax dollars to host orgies and rent out publically paid for hotel rooms.

State police troop assigned specifically to New Orleans. They’ve played a heavy hand in police chases and operations in New Orleans east and other high crime areas which has freed NOPD up.


They also provide an additional level of visibility in the French Quarter and other high tourist traffic areas.

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The city limits of Bham have seen a similar drop. Hard to know all the reasons, but late last year they did arrest a guy that they think is responsible for at least 14 murders. My amateur hypothesis is that if you can luck out and take a few of the worst of the worst off the street it will really drive these good results.

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Its almost universal across the nation,,,,violent crime is down. Not to the historical low levels prior to 1990 but down.

One reason is electronic banking and a near cashless economy.

Another is surveillance technology...had to pick a booger in this country without being seen doing it so committing a violent crime is also hard to do.

I think a third reason is the emergence of less restrictive open carry and concealed carry regulations. I do neither because I can't keep up with my wallet, keys and cell phone BUT a lot of people do and if anyone doubts the idea that you don't who is carrying won't give you pause when contemplating a crime you are insane.

We also have a dwindling prison population despite what the pundits would have us believe. From 2019 to 2024 there has been a 10% decrease in the number of people in prison and jail. I suspect, and have read studies, that this may be due to improved birth control methods and readily available abortion. Whatever the case there are 10% fewer people in prison today than just 5 years ago and the trend has been downward since the peak in 2006 or so. The age of prisoners at every stage, first conviction or many, is also older indicating young people are committing fewer crimes. This is no doubt tied in part to quasi legal marijuana and less mandatory sentencing for stupid crimes involving drugs.

The idea that crime is rampant is just no so. Its a damn shame that we are lead to believe it is so those bent on getting elected say it often and loud enough that it becomes reality. We are actually living in a pretty damned awesome era but you wouldn't know it listening to about 2/3s of the population...

And New Orleans has over 100k more people.

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Made three trips to NOLA last year and each time I noticed that downtown / FQ looked materially better than in the 2021 time frame. Cops walking about and less roving bands of “youths” looking for reparations.

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I may be an outlier but I like New Orleans for about 3 nights. I know that is probably not the sentiment of most of this board who feel like anywhere there are more than 2 black people you are getting into a shithole. I have always enjoyed New Orleans and the quarter. My son and I went to the Sugar Bowl this year and it was by far the best trip I have ever made to New Orleans. Even with the terror attack making us vacate our room on Bourbon Street drunker than Cooter Brown at 3 AM and losing to the fricking Irish it was the best time I ever had in New Orleans. It was noticeably better than it was in 2006 when we went to Jazz Fest and that was a blast also. Have been 3-4 times between and it has always been fun but this last trip was without a hitch even with the terror attack.

One of the main reasons I like New Orleans is I also like Atlanta, New York, Baltimore, Chicago...I just ain't saddled with irrational fear because I can read. Can a person still get knocked in the head in New Orleans? Hell yes...but its less likely than it has been, especially as a tourist in the quarter.

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This can’t be said or emphasized enough. IDK if this is a Louisiana thing, or something other states experience, too. I’ve never seen residents shite on their own state’s cities, and outright root for them to fail, like I see Louisiana residents do.

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And it is a reciprocal hatred. Plenty of New Orleanians don't want to see JP or the Northshore be successful either.

It's why there is seemingly a wall on the parish line. For example, you wouldn't catch someone from Uptown dead at Family Gras or Gretna Fest.

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Some good points here, but a lot of those things were also true in the recent preceding years when New Orleans and Bham were killing fields.

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They were indeed. It is a slow moving trend for certain....I would bet that in some neighborhoods violent crime is actually higher than historical data...but overall the trend is down and has been for a while. The "good" thing about it being isolated to smaller areas, say a couple of 20 or so square blocks in a city, is resources can be focused easier on a smaller area.

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the new Police Chief

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Is irrelevant.

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Troop Nola

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The State AG
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Game changers

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Plenty of New Orleanians don't want to see JP or the Northshore be successful either.

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no, not really