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Sherricka Fields Jones, Shreveport s CFO, has resigned. Fields Jones, who has worked with the city for nearly a decade, has resigned from her post effective December 31st.
KTBS News is reporting that her resignation was given verbally. At this time, there s not information about what led to her departure. Fields Jones was hired by former Mayor Cedric Glover in 2013 as Assistant Chief Administrative Officer and has served the city in several roles since then. When Mayor Adrian Perkins took office, she was named as the City s CAO. Earlier this year, Perkins created a Chief Financial Officer position and moved Fields Jones into that position. Jones, who has degrees in finances and business administration, had been leading the charge to build up the City s finances and fix some issues identified within the City s budget.
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How Do You Stop Violent Crime in Shreveport?
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Shreveport has always had a crime problem. In the 80s and 90s, the city was ultra-violent with gangland style shootouts and murders. Then, in the early 2000s, crime dipped a bit. But, while violent crime has dipped in recent years, it is starting to inch back up. While we re nowhere near the levels of violence from the 80s or 90s, I don t think anybody can claim that Shreveport is currently in a great place.
In fact, the recent run of murders and violence in the city caused tempers and tensions to flare at a recent Shreveport City Council meeting. Specifically, Chief Ben Raymond and Councilman James Green had.let us just call it a heated discussion over crime prevention and SPD s plan to curb violence.