violent crime

Year-end figures show that Louisiana cities saw the same record surge in homicides in 2021 as many cities in other states, marking a second straight year of rising murder rates. And as the killings have increased, police departments have been struggling to keep up, and the clearance rate — the percentage of cases being solved — has declined in several cities.

A couple of years ago, law enforcement in Baton Rouge decided to try a different approach to tackling violent crime.The Baton Rouge Area Violence…

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