Plan to Decrease Murder Rates in the New Orleans Area

Mayor Mitch Landrieu is trying to lower the murder rates in the city of New Orleans. The city of New Orleans has a murder rate that is 10 times more than the national average of murders that occur in one year. Mayor Mitch Landrieu is trying to put this unusually high average to a stop. He is holding a meeting at the UNO Lakefront Arena on Saturday from 10 am – 12 pm. To help with the decrease of the murder rates, Landrieu hired James Carter (former city councilman) to work with police officers to pinpoint what exactly is causing this violence and murder. Landrieu secured $4.2 million to help in the decrease of the murder rates in this city. Landrieu and Carter came together to make it a goal to reduce the murder rate in New Orleans by 5% in only one year (2011). A study that was recently done shows that murderers don’t kill victims because of drugs or alcohol usage, but actually because of arguments that the two people got into in the past. Mayor Mitch Landrieu can most definitely bring the murder and violence rates down in New Orleans, but he needs help from the community as a whole.

This article is about trying to lower the crime rates down in the city of New Orleans. One strategy that Mayor Mitch Landrieu was to take the elections pathway of actions. If he makes the public aware that one of his main goals throughout his term is to decrease the crime and violence rates, then people of the New Orleans area will support his ideas because that is one of the things that community members want. Another thing that comes to mind is the theme of all politics is local. This comes to mind because Landrieu is holding a meeting for the public to attend. The public has a chance to speak up and tell him what their opinions are on the murder rates and how the citizens of New Orleans can come together to make a plan to reduce these problems in their city.