Crime & Safety In N.O.

Some New Orleans residents have been ripped off by shady contractors during their rebuilding efforts.

What should those residents do when a former New Orleanian returns with the hope of continuing to rip them off?

Violent Crime May Be Rising In New Orleans

From the T-P:

The New Orleans Police Department released the latest crime statistics, along with an analysis that showed violent crime stayed relatively flat, on a per-capita basis, in the fourth quarter of 2007 compared to the fourth quarter of 2006. But a comparison of statistics from both full years, using the population estimates favored by NOPD, shows that violent crime has increased substantially.

Further, per-capita crime statistics for both of the past two years represent a substantial jump from per-capita crime rates before Katrina, the figures show.