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February 19, 2021
New Orleans Health Department Partners with NOPD to Officially Add Question of Firearm Possession to Domestic Violence Police Reports
NEW ORLEANS The New Orleans Health Department’s Domestic Violence Program today announced its partnership with the New Orleans Police Department to add a fifth risk question on the Department’s electronic police report that directs patrol officers and asks all victims about the presence and possession of firearms at every domestic violence incident.
“The ability to add this risk question is a direct result of collaboration between advocates and criminal justice partners,” said
Updated: 5:48 PM CST Jan 14, 2021
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Show Transcript SULA: JUVENILE CRIME ACROSS THE CITY IS ON THE RISE AND THE NEW TOP PROSECUTOR IN NEW ORLEANS SAYS TEENS ARRESTED FOR SERIOUS CRIMES WILL WILL TRIED IN JUVE JUVENILE COURT. A STRATEGY SOME ARE QUESTIONING. WDSU’S TRAVERS MACKEL IS LIVE AT THE DA’S OFFICE WHY WILLIAMS SA THIS STANCE IS NEEDE TRAVERS: THE NEW DA SAYS CHARGING TEENS 15,16 A 17-YEARS-OLD AS ADULTS HAS NOT MADE THE CITY SAFER AND NOW HE’ TRYING SOMETHING NEW. HE SAYS JUVENILES WILL BE TRIED IN JUVENILE COURT. YOUTH CRIME PLAGUED THE CITY IN 2019 AND IN 2020. THEFTS, BREAK-INS AND ARNED ARMED ROBBERIES. MANY OF THOSE INCIDENTS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. GINO ASCANI IS A LAKEVIEW CRIME ACTIVIST WHO RUNS A FACEBOOK PAGE DOCUMENTING CRIMES IN THA NEIGHBORHOOD. IF THE KID IS A CAREER CRIMINAL THEN THEY NEED TO BE TREATED AS ONE. BUT THE NEW DA ISN’’T BUYING THAT. AND SAYS ON HIS WATCH THE BULK OF JUVENILE CRIMES WILL BE HANDLED IN JUV