NEW ORLEANS AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS
New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Monday, February 6, 2006 on Capitol Hill. Riley and federal officials testified on law enforcement and communications problems in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans last year. (UPI photo/Mike Theiler)
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NEW ORLEANS, June 3 (UPI) -- Police Superintendent Warren Riley says crime is dropping in New Orleans in spite of FBI figures showing the city has the highest U.S. homicide rate.
NEW ORLEANS, May 14 (UPI) -- New Orleans police say an elderly pastor and his wife may have been killed by an individual seeking a key witness in an upcoming robbery and kidnapping trial.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Two New Orleans teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder and robbery in the slaying of French Quarter bartender Wendy Byrne, a police official says.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A New Orleans police officer currently facing rape allegations previously avoided charges in relation to two similar incidents, a police official says.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Relatives of people killed in New Orleans joined anti-crime activists for a combined memorial service and news conference at city hall.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Members of the New Orleans Police Department may soon be forced to work 60-hour weeks under a new plan aimed at reducing the city's crime problem.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was the target of sharp public criticism at a rally protesting the city's skyrocketing crime rate.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- New Orleans officials say they have a plan to get the city's criminal justice system moving and avoid the release of prisoners awaiting trials.
NEW ORLEANS, July 30 (UPI) -- New Orleans police searched Sunday for the killers of six people gunned down in the hurricane-ravaged city's bloodiest weekend since mid-June.
NEW ORLEANS, July 14 (UPI) -- A 19-year-old with a criminal record was in custody in New Orleans Friday following his arrest in the shooting deaths of five teenagers last month, police say.
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