Based on data from the Metropolitan Crime Commission, an organization that tracks and seeks to reduce crime, there have been 52 homicides per 100,000 residents as of Sept. 11. Consequently, New Orleans has overtaken St. Louis as the murder capital of America as the city sees a 141 percent increase in homicides when compared to recent years.
Recently the city hired a consultant, the former head of the New York City Police Department’s patrol division Fausto Pichardo, to go over new ways the police department can better combat crime.
