Keep the National Guard in NOLA!
We are asking that the Louisiana National Guard remain in New Orleans until the following goals are achieved:
1. NOPD sub stations are rebuilt and restaffed in all the storm-affected areas of the city.
2. The number of NOPD officers reaches pre-storm levels.
3. FBI crime statistics show a decrease in violent crime rates.
We are asking that the Louisiana National Guard remain in New Orleans until the following goals are achieved:
1. NOPD sub stations are rebuilt and restaffed in all the storm-affected areas of the city.
2. The number of NOPD officers reaches pre-storm levels.
3. FBI crime statistics show a decrease in violent crime rates.
Residents, volunteers and visitors to the city of New Orleans request your immediate attention to an urgent matter.
Crime rates across the city have skyrocketed since Hurricane Katrina. According to a Tulane University demographer, the murder rate has spiked by at least 34 percent since 2004, while assaults have surged by a whopping 53 percent and burglaries by 63 percent. Meanwhile, the New Orleans Police Department continues to struggle to recruit and maintain officers. This police shortage makes NOPD patrols in the storm-affected areas, especially in the Lower Ninth Ward and eastern New Orleans, nearly non-existent. It also pushes response times to 911 calls to an hour or more.
This is not acceptable.
After investing our time, money and heart into our homes and communities, this atmosphere of fear and abandonment inhibits the very recovery our cherished city. As bad as crime is now, we can not imagine how much worse the situation will become if the Louisiana National Guard begins a phased pull out of New Orleans in June, as scheduled. Not only do we fear the chaos that surely will reign in the sparsely populated areas of the city, but we recognize that NOPD officers will be pulled from other, more populated areas to replace the guard patrols. This scenario would place all residents in ever greater danger.
Therefore, we implore you to extend the stay of the Louisiana National Guard in New Orleans until the following goals are achieved:
1. NOPD sub stations are rebuilt and restaffed in all the storm-affected areas of the city.
2. The number of NOPD officers reaches pre-storm levels.
3. FBI crime statistics show a decrease in violent crime rates.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter.
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I believe that it is extremely important to maintain the National Gaurd presence in New Orleans for as long as possible. I lived in Central City for a year and a half, and now in Uptown. In Central City I saw or heard shots fired at least once a week, and my girlfriend was attacked in Uptown several months ago. I know the NOPD is doing what it can, but this city needs as much police support as possible!
I love New Orleans and want it to prosper and grow thru clarity and intention and purpose. Don't let it become the WILD WEST mentality that is happening now
I want my city to be a place that I can bring my children to to show them of their roots. Show them where I grew up and was raised. I want them to be able to value this rich city of culture...and feel safe doing it. If it means keeping the National Guard in our city longer than so be it to protect the city and its residents, natives and visitors alike.
Although my neighborhood did not flood, we share a zip code and police district with the Lower 9th. Our recovery has been substantially hampered by crime. The removal of the LNG, who are often our first responders, will throw the area into complete and utter chaos. Please extend their stay in the city. Thank you!
I patrol the streets of New Orleans with the National Guard. I have had more people than I can count ask me if we are really leaving. I tell them it is up to our elected officials to make that call, but my personal feelings, from seeing things first hand on the streets, are that we need to stay, things will rapidly spiral downward, and the city will be less safe. The NOPD needs the Guard, the City of New Orleans needs the Guard, and the citizens want the Guard on the streets. We cannot prevent all crime, but we are definately a deterrant to the criminals. They see our patrols and they know we mean buisness and will get the job done. We need to stay.
Bobby, Please re-consider on keeping the National Guard in the city and un-reconstructed areas to keep the crime down untill we can come back to full strenght in our police dept.
keep young children off of the streets
If you want people to return to New Orleans, you must prove you are willing to do what it takes to keep them safe. Keep the National Guard here until the police force numbers are back to pre-Katrina ranks.
Help us keep the thugs and miscreeants under control. You may want to start with the mayor.
THIS CRITICAL ISSUE OF CRIME IS WHAT IS PREVENTING CITIZENS AS MYSELF AND MY FAMILY FROM RETURNING TO NEW ORLEANS. WHO WANTS TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE YOUR LIFE IS AT STAKE EVERY WAKING MINUTE FROM THUGS WHO RULE OUR SAFETY.
Our city isn't ready to lose the protection, crime prevention, and security that the National Guard has provided us with. Until we have enough officers to protect us, we need the National Guards' help. Please think of the safety of all of us who have been fighting so hard to rebuild our beautiful city. We deserve to be safe in our homes and businesses.
Keep our city safe!
Please stay because your services are still needed. Roxanne Altrui
My family will not be visiting New Orleans until crime rates are down. Keep the guard in New Orleans until the NOPD is up to par or better! Thanks!
Please keep National Guard in New Orleans Crime is at an all time high. Higher than any other US City. Please HELP us clean up crime! How can we get our city back?
