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History shows that the best way for NOPD to improve their response times is to hire and retain more officers.

More than 270 New Orleans-area businesses, civic organizations, activists and nonprofits have signed on to form the NOLA Coalition to address crime and quality of life.

These are seemingly mundane disputes that spin out of control and someone goes for a gun.

These are seemingly mundane disputes that spin out of control and someone goes for a gun.

The surge in violent crime that began a few years ago continues. It will abate only when Americans demand and get action from local and national leaders.

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly...

An upswing in violent crime often follows anti-police protests and less aggressive policing. Some researchers call this the Ferguson Effect.

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in America, the reality of the nation's staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in the deaths that never make national news.

Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in America, the reality of the nations staggering murder rate can often be seen

America is a murderous country but mass killings comprise small portion of the body count