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It has not done either of those things well. my top priority is to make this city safe. it cannot be safe without a police department that people trust. >> reporter: mary howell says police failures have not only fed mistrust but have encouraged crime. >> at the same time that we're having these terrible problems with corruption and brutality with the department, we also lead the nation in crime and in homicides and in violent crime. >> reporter: in this first year in office for mayor landrieu, new orleans has been averaging a murder every other day. landrieu asked the justice department to co...

I'll show you. let's go. >> it went through that window and went to the third room of my mother's house. come on in. the bullet went through here. >> reporter: the new mayor concedes people are reluctant to trust police. with 16 officers now under indictment or pleading guilty in shooting deaths in the week after hurricane katrina. two of the victims killed on this bridge. >> when you read the revelations in the danziger bridge case, not just the crime, itself, but the coverup, can people in this city right now have faith in their police department? >> no. i don't think so. the department is s...

Indictment for pleading guilty in shooting deaths in the week after hurricane katrina. two of the victims killed on this bridge. when you read the revelations in the danzinger bridge case, not just the crime itself but the cover-up, can people in this city right now have faith in their police department of? >> no, i don't think so. the department is supposed to protect and serve and right to you it is not doing either of those things well. my top priority as mayor is to make this city safe. it can't be safe without a police department that people trust. >> reporter: civil rights attorney mary ...

The department is supposed to protect and serve and right now it's not doing either of those things well. my top priority as mayor is to make this city safe. it can't be safe without a police department that people trust. >> reporter: the city attorney says that police failures have not only fed mistrust but encouraged crime. >> at the same time that we're having terrible problems with corruption and brutality in the department we also lead the nation in crime and homicides and violent crime. >> reporter: in this first year in office for mayor land drew, new orleans has been averaging a murder...