Understaffed New Orleans PD Hiring Civilians and Organizing Patrol Shifts

The New Orleans Police Department is hiring civilians and organizing patrol shifts amid a staffing shortage.

While facing the shortage, the city has also been struggling with surging violent crime — especially murder.

The city has become so dangerous that it is on track to surpass Baltimore in homicides this year.

“According to data from AH Datalytics, compiled using the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, New Orleans has a per capita year-to-date homicide rate of 72 per 100,000 residents. The next three U.S. cities behind New Orleans are Birmingham with a per capita homicide rate of 59 per 100,000 residents and Baltimore and St. Louis, each with a per capita homicide rate of 58 per 100,000 residents,” local station Fox 8 reported over the summer…. (Excerpt from the Gateway Pundit)