The New Orleans Police Department is putting more officers on the street and hiring civilians for administrative jobs. The city was recently ranked as the U.S.' murder capital.
Police Association of New Orleans president Capt. Mike Glasser says the city is in a 'desperate situation' as the murder rate has increased 141% since 2019.Police Department is hiring civilians to help with the force’s staffing issues and allow for more police officers to patrol the streets as violent crimes such as murder spike.
Ferguson said the department is focused on hiring civilian police intake specialists, who will monitor phones at the department and replace administrative police officers. The department will also hire between 50 and 75 civilians who will respond to calls that do not require the presence of a police officer. Some of the civilians will even be trained to do detective work, WDSU reported.
Ferguson said the plan to beef up the understaffed force, which lost 150 officers last year alone, will extend to trying to recruit former applicants who were previously rejected. A police vehicle blocks access to Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Since 1857, Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans have been called off only 14 times, because of war, mob violence, or labor disputes. Not even the last great pandemic could quell the street parades.
Lafitte Greenway park in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., on Monday, May 10, 2021. Thousands of shotgun houses exist across New Orleans, appearing in any neighborhood developed before 1920. Photographer: Bryan Tarnowski/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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