How important is our public safety? Think about this way. If every street is floodproofed and paved, but you still get carjacked — that’s a problem.
The fundamental question for our safety and the NOPD is this: How does a force of about 850 police officers police every day in a city of 380,000 people, along with tourists and visitors?
Even if the force adds 100 police officers per year, it will take at least four years to reach 1,300 officers — a right-sized police department for a city of our size…