City Council: Charged with ASSAULT ?

No problem. You are hereby RELEASED.

Amazing new law sponsored by Susan Guidry instructs judges to release those
arrested for assault with no bail. Zero, none. You are released on your own
recognizance, but please come back tomorrow. Please. Pretty, pretty please.

Metro Crime Commission Pres Goyeneche:

Political meddling is crippling anti-crime efforts.
by Mike Weinberger
In an exclusive interview with the Crime Safety
Reporter, Metro Crime Commission Pres. Rafael Goyeneche
detailed how political meddling is crippling anti-crime efforts.
Mr. Goyeneche knows his stuff. He has served as
president of the crime commission, a private organization that
monitors the criminal justice system, for over twenty five years.
One example Goyeneche gave was the effort lead by
Councilmember Susan Guidry to cut the DAs budget because
he was allegedly prosecuting too many criminals. Another
example he gave is an ordinance, again sponsored by
Guidry, called Ordinance Number 27232 (also called Mun.
Code Section 54-23).
That ordinance states that when someone is arrested for
an assault that person shall be released on his or her own
recognizance, without the requirement of posting any financial
obligation (bail). Such defendants are to be released from
custody immediately after booking.
After immediate release the arrestee is supposed to come
back to court the next day. What are the odds of that?
Goyeneche asked And Mr. Goyenechee explained other
problems with the law as follows:
Look at it from the publics point of view. Someone re-
ports an assault. The police arrive and the guy is arrested - but
he is back out on the street probably the very same day, with-
out even paying bail. How do you think that makes the honest
citizen feel? What confidence will honest citizens have in the
system or the police? Why should they even call the police if
the guy is right back out on the street?
MW: Why do you call this political meddling?
RG: Because politicians have no expertise in law
enforcement and they have no idea how to make streets safe.
Politicians are not motivated by achieving actual results; they
are interested in their own careers and by doing what looks
good, not what actually works. Continued on page 3
Mike Weinberger, a retired attorney and businessman, is the founder of the
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MW: Some politicians say we are incarcerating too many

criminals. Is that really true?

RG: Were obviously not incarcerating enough, and I base

that on our crime rate, I base it on the calls for service, and I base it on
the response to the calls for service.

Politicians speak out of both sides of their mouth.

MW: Others say too many people being prosecuted. What is

your response to that?

RG: If many people being prosecuted, dont blame the Dis-

trict Attorney, because ten years ago the public was blaming the District
Attorneys office for refusing forty-five to fifty percent of the cases.
Now, they are accepting eighty-one percent of the felony arrests by
the police department. And that is a healthy sign that police are doing
better investigations and that allows the DA to accept more cases and
obtain more convictions, so blaming the DA for accepting too many
cases or obtaining too many convictions is an example of the politicians
speaking out of both sides of their mouth.
MW: Another criticism you hear is that there are too many
inmates in city jail. How do you answer that?
RG: Well, that is backwards, because the sheriff doesnt
arrest the people in there. Every one of the people in his jail were put
there by the New Orleans Police.
Rafael Goyeneche, on right, receiving a Certificate of Appreciation
from Home Defense Foundation founder Mike Weinberger.
MW: Is crime the biggest threat to public safety right now?
RG: Yes, and what is most profoundly troubling to me, and
what limits the criminal justice systems ability to protect and serve the
people of this community, is the political meddling by the mayor and
the city council in all aspects of the criminal justice system. The city
has to fund the criminal justice system, and as such, they have a right to
accountability, but they cant tell the DA who to prosecute, they cant
tell the judges what bail to set, and they dont have the right to tell the
sheriff what to do when inmates in his jail are presented to him by the
New Orleans Police Department.

The offenders criminal history affects his bail. Politicians are using funding as a weapon.

MW: And what about bail? Again, all you see in the media are MW: How do the judges feel about the politicians telling them when
claims that bail is set too high. Is that correct? to set bail and when to release someone?

RG: True, the judges have been criticized by the mayor and
the council for setting bail too high, but under Louisiana law, a judge
is supposed to take ten factors into consideration in setting bail for of-
fenders, the two most important being the offense and the offenders
criminal history. So, if someone is sitting in jail with a high bail, it is
probably because of those two factors more than anything else. Every
one of those individuals where a judge set bail that the politicians think
is too high - that bail was set because the police department made an
arrest and a high bail was warranted by the facts.
RG: I have spoken to a Municipal Court judge who related
that the only reason the Court obeyed Councilperson Guidrys Re-
leased on Own Recognizance ordinance was because they feared that
disobedience would result in a funding cut for the Court similar to the
funding cut received by the DA for defying the City Council. Thats
meddling. They are using funding as a weapon to usurp the authority of
independently elected officials, and that is fundamentally wrong. That,
in my view, is the greatest threat to public safety, because it limits the
ability of the criminal justice system to do its job in an effective
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which Mr. Bagneris, a retired judge, was extended an invitation to speak to the
organizations members at its next meeting. That meeting will take place July 11th,
at 7PM, at the Morning Call Coffee Shop in City Park.

Crouere stated that the key to extending the invitation was Mr. Bagneris
endorsement of the foundations Honest Citizen Pledge, which states that when an
honest citizen defends himself during a criminal attack, all doubts get resolved
in favor of the honest citizen. The pledge has already been endorsed by several
members of the State Legislature, such as Representative Julie Stokes, and other
prominent citizens.

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by Jeff Crouere The first half of 2017 has been
very violent in New Orleans. Over
350 people have been shot, a 60%
increase over last year. On a per capita
basis, New Orleans is more violent than
Chicago, a city noted for its crime.
With a police shortage and un-
acceptably long response times for
emergency calls, residents in several
neighborhoods have decided to act.
The Coliseum Square neighborhood is one such area. Its
residents launched a fundraiser to buy high definition cameras from
Project Nola, a crime fighting non-profit that installs and monitors
a network of security cameras throughout the city. According to
Ryan Kropog, a Coliseum Square Association board member, the
neighborhood decided to purchase the cameras because a similar
arrangement was successful in improving safety in Algiers Point.
The idea of a neighborhood fundraiser to fight crime is not
new. In 2014 the Mid-City Business Association also held
a fundraiser to purchase cameras from Project Nola, which was
founded by former New Orleans police officer and criminologist
Bryan Lagarde. In just seven years - through private donations
and without government funding - Project Nola has become, in its
own words, the largest networked HD city-wide crime camera
system in America. Currently, Project Nola includes about 2,000
crime cameras installed at local businesses and private homes.
These sophisticated cameras are pointed in the direction of public streets
or parks and produce sharp images which have helped police officers
make countless arrests, putting hardened criminals behind bars.
With crime intensifying in the Coliseum Square neighbor-
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to do something. At this point, its kind of all hands-on deck
effort to fight back and protect the area where we live against
the increasing criminal population. The group is selling 200
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 Heard On The Street
People on Robert E. Lee Blvd. were asked:

Do you think the recent increase in crime is

part of a trend, or a series of isolated events?

Yvette Williams: Its part of a trend,

because it will continue to get worse until
we seriously address it. We dont address
it. We just put a band aid on it and move on,
thinking it wont happen again.

Gregory Blue: They are isolated events. All

the people who are committing crimes, they
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more cops on the street

Karen Alesich: We have more crime now

than weve had in the past. My dad was a
police commander for 50 years. He never
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its only going to get worse.

Join us Nick Moustoukas: Its a trend, and one

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 A chat with Willmarine Hurst, self defense advocate
RGC: Are you worried about getting
by Robert Gage RGC: How long have you been taking
in trouble if you ever had to use your
Counts defensive firearms classes sponsored by
firearm in self defense?
the Home Defense Foundation?
WH: Well, prior to Katrina, it was a
WH: Ive been taking classes for about a year and a half now. I different kind of city. Now, there are
wont go to every class because some of them are repeats. The last a lot of strange people living here. If
class I went to was on a 410 gauge shotgun. Ill usually go when someone tries to come into my house
theyre doing something new or different, but sometimes I go to a by breaking in, I wouldnt want to hurt
repeat class just to see whats going on.
them and I wouldnt want to kill any-
body, but I would use my firearm to
RGC: What was your favorite class?
defend my home if I have to.
WH: My favorite was the one with the 22 that had a red laser light
on it. You just point the laser at the target. There was no recoil. I
hit the bullseye. RGC: Before you started taking self defense classes taught by the
Home Defense Foundation do you think you could have defended
RGC: Did you have experience with firearms before the classes? yourself with a firearm if you had to?
WH: I have my own 9mm pistol and I also had a 22 rifle before WH: Only in a rogue-ish kind of way. I feel that I have learned a
Katrina. I also shot my pops old rifle but thats about it. I was never
lot at the classes, especially on safety. You learn how to safely hold,
an avid shooter.
handle and carry a firearm, how to load it, unload it, etc. The classes
really helped me get a perspective on how to use a firearm safely
RGC: Have you ever had to use those firearms for self defense?
and how to take care of myself and my family if I have to.
WH: I pulled one out once, but I never had to fire it in self defense.
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Letters to the Editor
Nola Criminals and Space to Destroy
In the June issue Jeff Crouere asked what would happen if protes-
tors were given space to destroy. I say this has already happened.
The mayor has unilaterally decided to keep the police department
some 400 (or more) officers short. He then unilaterally decided to
take $600,000 away from the District Attorneys office. If that is not
sending a clear signal to criminals that they have now been given
the space to destroy our city, I dont know what is.
Morris Gray
Watch Out For Home Burglaries
One method some thieves use involves 2 people, with one acting
as a lookout. It works like this: One member of the team may
knock on the front door to see if anyone is home, or he may listen
for a large barking dog. If someone should answer he may pretend
that he was on some sort of vague errand. But if no one answers he
may go around to a back door or window and enter the house. An
accomplice may then stand on a corner or someplace where your
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Guns Less Crime by John R. Lott, Jr. the point is made that a
good guy with a gun can prevent or stop crime, as indeed good
guys with guns ended the shooting in Virginia. I agree and I think
every congressman should enroll in firearm classes and get the
training they need to defend themselves. Then the public would
know congressmen are no longer sitting ducks.
Roy Zanca
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DA Leon Canizzaro is one of the few politicians who speaks honest-
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that he thought the Ethics Board was trying to replace Ed Quatrev-
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other politicians who will lie to you to save face.
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Because something serious has to be done about
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Walking around the block and putting a teddy
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But some things DO work: Like putting violent
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