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Friends and Neighbors,

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving and the Saints win!

Important notice: The city is experiencing problems with the porting of our email system. My instant blackberry messages and normal Outlook web mail are not functioning at this time. When operational I will inform you all in an alert. Updates: Significant arrests/investigations during the week of November 21 through 27.

Rosedale & Majestic Oaks Subdivision (proximity)

11/21/10 at 9:00am, a shooting occurred at 6002 Chef Menteur Apt. #118. The 21 year old victim is a known marijuana dealer in the apartment complex. Two armed subjects approached the victim in what investigators believe to be a drug related robbery. Gunshots were fired in which the victim sustained a single GSW to the pelvis. Following the shooting the subjects fled and 7th District officers gave chase. One of the men, later identified as 22 year old Wesley Butler was apprehended without further incident.

Barrington Court Subdivision

11/23/10 at 8:30pm, a domestic shooting occurred in the 7100 block of Northgate Drive. Twenty- three (23) year old Keith Joseph was arrested for shooting his ex-girlfriend in the foot. Joseph surrendered to investigators on 11/24/10.

Events:

Household of Faith Church located at 9300 I-10 Service Rd., presents their first annual “A Household Christmas Light Show”. Show times are Sunday – Thursday 6pm-10pm and Friday – Saturday 6pm- 12 midnight. Over 100,000 decretive lights adorn the front of the church which are synchronized to your favorite holiday tunes.

Fear of Crime - Our key Quality of Life Issue

The majority of us including I assume we cannot be taken advantage of and our chances at becoming victims are lessen because we are vigilant and consciously aware of people and our surroundings. With that being the case, we tend to overlook the obvious and focus only on the strange and unusual. People not only need to be safe, but they also need to feel safe. Our heightened awareness is nothing more than fear of crime. The 7th District recognizes that “fear” is a key Quality of Life issue. Often when we speak on QOL issues we tend to think about blighted homes or other tangible domains; however, fear undermines property value, hinders commercial investment and impacts community involvement just as much. How can we accurately measure fear, that’s debatable? If the 7th District focuses on reducing crime through visibility, street lighting improvements (among others things), police-citizen interaction, public confidence and reducing disorder we might have a starting point at reducing fear of crime.

*remember my email/blackberry is temporarily offline, but I will get any sent messages when the system is restored

Sgt. Dupree